diff --git a/src/components/Search/index.tsx b/src/components/Search/index.tsx
index c20b8f0eebe0..038702f7195f 100644
--- a/src/components/Search/index.tsx
+++ b/src/components/Search/index.tsx
@@ -177,9 +177,12 @@ function Search({queryJSON, currentSearchResults, lastNonEmptySearchResults, onS
     const shouldGroupByReports = groupBy === CONST.SEARCH.GROUP_BY.REPORTS;
 
     useEffect(() => {
+        if (!isFocused) {
+            return;
+        }
         clearSelectedTransactions(hash);
         setCurrentSearchHash(hash);
-    }, [hash, clearSelectedTransactions, setCurrentSearchHash]);
+    }, [hash, clearSelectedTransactions, setCurrentSearchHash, isFocused]);
 
     const searchResults = currentSearchResults?.data ? currentSearchResults : lastNonEmptySearchResults;
     const isSearchResultsEmpty = !searchResults?.data || isSearchResultsEmptyUtil(searchResults);
@@ -217,12 +220,11 @@ function Search({queryJSON, currentSearchResults, lastNonEmptySearchResults, onS
     }, [isSmallScreenWidth, selectedTransactions, selectionMode?.isEnabled]);
 
     useEffect(() => {
-        if (isOffline) {
+        if (isOffline || !isFocused) {
             return;
         }
-
         handleSearch({queryJSON, offset});
-    }, [handleSearch, isOffline, offset, queryJSON]);
+    }, [handleSearch, isOffline, offset, queryJSON, isFocused]);
 
     const {newSearchResultKey, handleSelectionListScroll} = useSearchHighlightAndScroll({
         searchResults,