Because until it is confirmed it is your suspicion. That is the difference between a detection which 'moves' it to the chest and adding to the chest which is a copy. I have been using avast for nine years from avast 4.x to 8.0 and this function hasn't changed, manually adding it to the chest leaves the original in place.
Lets assume that this is a file in a system folder that you are suspicious of, its removal from that location to the chest could have adverse consequences. Avast is airing on the side of safety but just copying it to the chest so that you can submit it to the avast virus labs for analysis.