diff --git a/app/components/markdown/hashtag/index.tsx b/app/components/markdown/hashtag/index.tsx
index 2090e8073..17b041c54 100644
--- a/app/components/markdown/hashtag/index.tsx
+++ b/app/components/markdown/hashtag/index.tsx
@@ -2,8 +2,9 @@
 // See LICENSE.txt for license information.
 
 import React from 'react';
-import {StyleProp, Text, TextStyle} from 'react-native';
+import {DeviceEventEmitter, StyleProp, Text, TextStyle} from 'react-native';
 
+import {Navigation, Screens} from '@constants';
 import {popToRoot, dismissAllModals} from '@screens/navigation';
 
 type HashtagProps = {
@@ -17,7 +18,12 @@ const Hashtag = ({hashtag, linkStyle}: HashtagProps) => {
         await dismissAllModals();
         await popToRoot();
 
-        // showSearchModal('#' + hashtag);
+        DeviceEventEmitter.emit(Navigation.NAVIGATE_TO_TAB, {
+            screen: Screens.SEARCH,
+            params: {
+                searchTerm: hashtag,
+            },
+        });
     };
 
     return (
diff --git a/app/screens/home/search/search.tsx b/app/screens/home/search/search.tsx
index f10dd256b..c9aadd231 100644
--- a/app/screens/home/search/search.tsx
+++ b/app/screens/home/search/search.tsx
@@ -109,6 +109,14 @@ const SearchScreen = ({teamId, teams}: Props) => {
         setSearchTeamId(teamId);
     }, [teamId]);
 
+    useEffect(() => {
+        if (searchTerm) {
+            resetToInitial();
+            setSearchValue(searchTerm);
+            handleSearch(searchTeamId, searchTerm);
+        }
+    }, [searchTerm]);
+
     const onSnap = (offset: number, animated = true) => {
         scrollRef.current?.scrollToOffset({offset, animated});
     };