diff --git a/src/dom/epub/epub-view.ts b/src/dom/epub/epub-view.ts
index 7baa971b..4de254c4 100644
--- a/src/dom/epub/epub-view.ts
+++ b/src/dom/epub/epub-view.ts
@@ -788,7 +788,8 @@ class EPUBView extends DOMView<EPUBViewState, EPUBViewData> {
 					|| previousState.query !== state.query
 					|| previousState.caseSensitive !== state.caseSensitive
 					|| previousState.entireWord !== state.entireWord
-					|| previousState.active !== state.active) {
+					|| previousState.active !== state.active
+					|| !previousState.result) {
 				console.log('Initiating new search', state);
 				this._find = new EPUBFindProcessor({
 					view: this,
diff --git a/src/dom/snapshot/snapshot-view.ts b/src/dom/snapshot/snapshot-view.ts
index bc3e98eb..ed54c70b 100644
--- a/src/dom/snapshot/snapshot-view.ts
+++ b/src/dom/snapshot/snapshot-view.ts
@@ -392,7 +392,8 @@ class SnapshotView extends DOMView<SnapshotViewState, SnapshotViewData> {
 				|| previousState.query !== state.query
 				|| previousState.caseSensitive !== state.caseSensitive
 				|| previousState.entireWord !== state.entireWord
-				|| previousState.active !== state.active) {
+				|| previousState.active !== state.active
+				|| !previousState.result) {
 				console.log('Initiating new search', state);
 				this._find = new DefaultFindProcessor({
 					searchContext: this._getSearchContext(),