diff --git a/app/screens/home/search/search.tsx b/app/screens/home/search/search.tsx
index 7209dc413..445160778 100644
--- a/app/screens/home/search/search.tsx
+++ b/app/screens/home/search/search.tsx
@@ -374,6 +374,19 @@ const SearchScreen = ({teamId, teams, crossTeamSearchEnabled}: Props) => {
         }
     }, [isFocused]);
 
+    useDidUpdate(() => {
+        if (isFocused && lastSearchedValue && showResults) {
+            // requestAnimationFrame for smooth UI updates
+            requestAnimationFrame(() => {
+                handleSearch(searchTeamId, lastSearchedValue);
+            });
+        }
+
+        // Only watch isFocused to re-run search when screen comes back into focus
+        // Removed lastSearchedValue, showResults, handleSearch, searchTeamId from dependencies
+        // to prevent duplicate search calls (these values are updated by handleSearch itself)
+    }, [isFocused]);
+
     const handleEnterPressed = useCallback(() => {
         const topScreen = NavigationStore.getVisibleScreen();
         if (topScreen === Screens.HOME && isFocused) {