diff --git a/src/components/Lottie/index.tsx b/src/components/Lottie/index.tsx
index 5fc99560a27c..a67e6e9b698f 100644
--- a/src/components/Lottie/index.tsx
+++ b/src/components/Lottie/index.tsx
@@ -103,6 +103,7 @@ function Lottie({source, webStyle, shouldLoadAfterInteractions, ...props}: Props
             // eslint-disable-next-line react/jsx-props-no-spreading
             {...props}
             source={animationFile}
+            key={`${hasNavigatedAway}`}
             ref={(ref) => {
                 if (typeof forwardedRef === 'function') {
                     forwardedRef(ref);
diff --git a/src/components/Search/index.tsx b/src/components/Search/index.tsx
index a915783247b8..5b270c1c2627 100644
--- a/src/components/Search/index.tsx
+++ b/src/components/Search/index.tsx
@@ -405,7 +405,7 @@ function Search({queryJSON, currentSearchResults, lastNonEmptySearchResults, onS
         );
     }
 
-    if (shouldShowEmptyState(isDataLoaded, data.length, searchResults.search.type) && isFocused) {
+    if (shouldShowEmptyState(isDataLoaded, data.length, searchResults.search.type)) {
         return (
             <View style={[shouldUseNarrowLayout ? styles.searchListContentContainerStyles : styles.mt3, styles.flex1]}>
                 <EmptySearchView