diff --git a/src/vs/workbench/contrib/search/browser/searchActionsRemoveReplace.ts b/src/vs/workbench/contrib/search/browser/searchActionsRemoveReplace.ts
index ea1260b104f..54d7b8f24d8 100644
--- a/src/vs/workbench/contrib/search/browser/searchActionsRemoveReplace.ts
+++ b/src/vs/workbench/contrib/search/browser/searchActionsRemoveReplace.ts
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ import { category, getElementsToOperateOn, getSearchView, shouldRefocus } from '
 import { equals } from '../../../../base/common/arrays.js';
 import { arrayContainsElementOrParent, RenderableMatch, ISearchResult, isSearchTreeFileMatch, isSearchTreeFolderMatch, isSearchTreeMatch, isSearchResult, isTextSearchHeading } from './searchTreeModel/searchTreeCommon.js';
 import { MatchInNotebook } from './notebookSearch/notebookSearchModel.js';
+import { AITextSearchHeadingImpl } from './AISearch/aiSearchModel.js';
 
 
 //#region Interfaces
@@ -375,10 +376,18 @@ export async function getElementToFocusAfterRemoved(viewer: WorkbenchCompressibl
 		while (!!navigator.next() && (!isSearchTreeFolderMatch(navigator.current()) || arrayContainsElementOrParent(navigator.current(), elementsToRemove))) { }
 	} else if (isSearchTreeFileMatch(element)) {
 		while (!!navigator.next() && (!isSearchTreeFileMatch(navigator.current()) || arrayContainsElementOrParent(navigator.current(), elementsToRemove))) {
+			// Never expand AI search results by default
+			if (navigator.current() instanceof AITextSearchHeadingImpl) {
+				return navigator.current();
+			}
 			await viewer.expand(navigator.current());
 		}
 	} else {
 		while (navigator.next() && (!isSearchTreeMatch(navigator.current()) || arrayContainsElementOrParent(navigator.current(), elementsToRemove))) {
+			// Never expand AI search results by default
+			if (navigator.current() instanceof AITextSearchHeadingImpl) {
+				return navigator.current();
+			}
 			await viewer.expand(navigator.current());
 		}
 	}