diff --git a/src/components/Search/index.tsx b/src/components/Search/index.tsx
index 83733b9013c9..035f1f8dd7a4 100644
--- a/src/components/Search/index.tsx
+++ b/src/components/Search/index.tsx
@@ -301,7 +301,7 @@ function Search({queryJSON, searchResults, onSearchListScroll, contentContainerS
         // eslint-disable-next-line react-compiler/react-compiler, react-hooks/exhaustive-deps
     }, []);
 
-    const isSearchResultsEmpty = !searchResults?.data || isSearchResultsEmptyUtil(searchResults);
+    const isSearchResultsEmpty = !searchResults?.data || isSearchResultsEmptyUtil(searchResults, groupBy);
 
     useEffect(() => {
         if (!isFocused) {
diff --git a/src/libs/SearchUIUtils.ts b/src/libs/SearchUIUtils.ts
index 21cf66b45df1..6df7d307984e 100644
--- a/src/libs/SearchUIUtils.ts
+++ b/src/libs/SearchUIUtils.ts
@@ -1781,7 +1781,10 @@ function getSortedReportActionData(data: ReportActionListItemType[], localeCompa
 /**
  * Checks if the search results contain any data, useful for determining if the search results are empty.
  */
-function isSearchResultsEmpty(searchResults: SearchResults) {
+function isSearchResultsEmpty(searchResults: SearchResults, groupBy?: SearchGroupBy) {
+    if (groupBy !== CONST.SEARCH.GROUP_BY.REPORTS) {
+        return !Object.keys(searchResults?.data).some((key) => isGroupEntry(key));
+    }
     return !Object.keys(searchResults?.data).some(
         (key) =>
             key.startsWith(ONYXKEYS.COLLECTION.TRANSACTION) &&