diff --git a/src/components/Search/index.tsx b/src/components/Search/index.tsx
index c8ecd2a4b1fb..0b1a6b9af512 100644
--- a/src/components/Search/index.tsx
+++ b/src/components/Search/index.tsx
@@ -674,8 +674,12 @@ function Search({
 
             // If we're trying to open a transaction without a transaction thread, let's create the thread and navigate the user
             if (isTransactionItem && item.transactionThreadReportID === CONST.REPORT.UNREPORTED_REPORT_ID) {
-                createAndOpenSearchTransactionThread(item, hash, backTo);
-                return;
+                // If the report is unreported (self DM), we want to open the track expense thread instead of a report with an ID of 0
+                const shouldOpenTransactionThread = !item.isFromOneTransactionReport || item.reportID === CONST.REPORT.UNREPORTED_REPORT_ID;
+                createAndOpenSearchTransactionThread(item, hash, backTo, undefined, shouldOpenTransactionThread);
+                if (shouldOpenTransactionThread) {
+                    return;
+                }
             }
 
             if (isTransactionMemberGroupListItemType(item)) {