diff --git a/src/vs/workbench/contrib/search/browser/searchModel.ts b/src/vs/workbench/contrib/search/browser/searchModel.ts
index 0c539b4a8aa..d1bc21ff6b0 100644
--- a/src/vs/workbench/contrib/search/browser/searchModel.ts
+++ b/src/vs/workbench/contrib/search/browser/searchModel.ts
@@ -2024,7 +2024,13 @@ export class SearchModel extends Disposable {
 		tokenSource.dispose();
 		const searchLength = Date.now() - searchStart;
 		this.logService.trace(`whole search time | ${searchLength}ms`);
-		return notebookResult ? { ...currentResult, ...notebookResult.completeData } : currentResult;
+		return {
+			results: currentResult.results.concat(notebookResult.completeData.results),
+			messages: currentResult.messages.concat(notebookResult.completeData.messages),
+			limitHit: currentResult.limitHit || notebookResult.completeData.limitHit,
+			exit: currentResult.exit,
+			stats: currentResult.stats,
+		};
 	}
 
 	async search(query: ITextQuery, onProgress?: (result: ISearchProgressItem) => void): Promise<ISearchComplete> {
diff --git a/src/vs/workbench/contrib/search/test/browser/searchModel.test.ts b/src/vs/workbench/contrib/search/test/browser/searchModel.test.ts
index 6a561cb325e..0adcb1e47d4 100644
--- a/src/vs/workbench/contrib/search/test/browser/searchModel.test.ts
+++ b/src/vs/workbench/contrib/search/test/browser/searchModel.test.ts
@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@ suite('SearchModel', () => {
 				new TextSearchMatch('preview 1', new OneLineRange(1, 1, 4)),
 				new TextSearchMatch('preview 1', new OneLineRange(1, 4, 11))),
 			aRawMatch('/2', new TextSearchMatch('preview 2', lineOneRange))];
-		instantiationService.stub(ISearchService, searchServiceWithResults(results));
+		instantiationService.stub(ISearchService, searchServiceWithResults(results, { limitHit: false, messages: [], results }));
 		instantiationService.stub(INotebookSearchService, notebookSearchServiceWithInfo([], undefined));
 
 		const testObject: SearchModel = instantiationService.createInstance(SearchModel);
@@ -223,7 +223,7 @@ suite('SearchModel', () => {
 				new TextSearchMatch('test', new OneLineRange(1, 1, 5)),
 				new TextSearchMatch('this is a test', new OneLineRange(1, 11, 15))),
 			aRawMatch('/3', new TextSearchMatch('test', lineOneRange))];
-		const searchService = instantiationService.stub(ISearchService, searchServiceWithResults(results));
+		const searchService = instantiationService.stub(ISearchService, searchServiceWithResults(results, { limitHit: false, messages: [], results }));
 		sinon.stub(CellMatch.prototype, 'addContext');
 
 		const textSearch = sinon.spy(searchService, 'textSearch');
@@ -347,7 +347,7 @@ suite('SearchModel', () => {
 				new TextSearchMatch('preview 1', new OneLineRange(1, 4, 11))),
 			aRawMatch('/2',
 				new TextSearchMatch('preview 2', lineOneRange))];
-		instantiationService.stub(ISearchService, searchServiceWithResults(results));
+		instantiationService.stub(ISearchService, searchServiceWithResults(results, { limitHit: false, messages: [], results }));
 		instantiationService.stub(INotebookSearchService, notebookSearchServiceWithInfo([], undefined));
 
 		const testObject: SearchModel = instantiationService.createInstance(SearchModel);
@@ -364,7 +364,7 @@ suite('SearchModel', () => {
 		const target1 = sinon.stub().returns(nullEvent);
 		instantiationService.stub(ITelemetryService, 'publicLog', target1);
 
-		instantiationService.stub(ISearchService, searchServiceWithResults([]));
+		instantiationService.stub(ISearchService, searchServiceWithResults([], { limitHit: false, messages: [], results: [] }));
 		instantiationService.stub(INotebookSearchService, notebookSearchServiceWithInfo([], undefined));
 
 		const testObject = instantiationService.createInstance(SearchModel);
@@ -453,7 +453,7 @@ suite('SearchModel', () => {
 				new TextSearchMatch('preview 1', new OneLineRange(1, 4, 11))),
 			aRawMatch('/2',
 				new TextSearchMatch('preview 2', lineOneRange))];
-		instantiationService.stub(ISearchService, searchServiceWithResults(results));
+		instantiationService.stub(ISearchService, searchServiceWithResults(results, { limitHit: false, messages: [], results: [] }));
 		instantiationService.stub(INotebookSearchService, notebookSearchServiceWithInfo([], undefined));
 		const testObject: SearchModel = instantiationService.createInstance(SearchModel);
 		await testObject.search({ contentPattern: { pattern: 'somestring' }, type: QueryType.Text, folderQueries });
@@ -483,7 +483,7 @@ suite('SearchModel', () => {
 			aRawMatch('/1',
 				new TextSearchMatch('preview 1', new OneLineRange(1, 1, 4)),
 				new TextSearchMatch('preview 1', new OneLineRange(1, 4, 11)))];
-		instantiationService.stub(ISearchService, searchServiceWithResults(results));
+		instantiationService.stub(ISearchService, searchServiceWithResults(results, { limitHit: false, messages: [], results }));
 		instantiationService.stub(INotebookSearchService, notebookSearchServiceWithInfo([], undefined));
 
 		const testObject: SearchModel = instantiationService.createInstance(SearchModel);