diff --git a/src/components/Search/SearchList/BaseSearchList/index.tsx b/src/components/Search/SearchList/BaseSearchList/index.tsx
index 678a73793d2af..ad5c57208d387 100644
--- a/src/components/Search/SearchList/BaseSearchList/index.tsx
+++ b/src/components/Search/SearchList/BaseSearchList/index.tsx
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ function BaseSearchList({
         },
         ...(!hasKeyBeenPressed.current && {setHasKeyBeenPressed}),
         isFocused,
+        captureOnInputs: false,
     });
 
     const renderItemWithKeyboardFocus = useCallback(
diff --git a/src/components/Search/SearchPageHeader/SearchPageHeaderInput.tsx b/src/components/Search/SearchPageHeader/SearchPageHeaderInput.tsx
index 4ecd440d4a51c..999320712ae1d 100644
--- a/src/components/Search/SearchPageHeader/SearchPageHeaderInput.tsx
+++ b/src/components/Search/SearchPageHeader/SearchPageHeaderInput.tsx
@@ -402,6 +402,7 @@ function SearchPageHeaderInput({queryJSON, searchRouterListVisible, hideSearchRo
                                 reports={reports}
                                 allCards={allCards}
                                 allFeeds={allFeeds}
+                                textInputRef={textInputRef}
                             />
                         </View>
                     )}
@@ -476,6 +477,7 @@ function SearchPageHeaderInput({queryJSON, searchRouterListVisible, hideSearchRo
                                 reports={reports}
                                 allCards={allCards}
                                 allFeeds={allFeeds}
+                                textInputRef={textInputRef}
                             />
                         </View>
                     )}
diff --git a/src/hooks/useArrowKeyFocusManager.ts b/src/hooks/useArrowKeyFocusManager.ts
index a28eff02d5b88..e34de627b3e7b 100644
--- a/src/hooks/useArrowKeyFocusManager.ts
+++ b/src/hooks/useArrowKeyFocusManager.ts
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ type Config = {
     onFocusedIndexChange?: (index: number) => void;
     initialFocusedIndex?: number;
     disabledIndexes?: readonly number[];
+    captureOnInputs?: boolean;
     shouldExcludeTextAreaNodes?: boolean;
     isActive?: boolean;
     itemsPerRow?: number;
@@ -46,6 +47,7 @@ export default function useArrowKeyFocusManager({
     // The "disabledIndexes" array needs to be stable to prevent the "useCallback" hook from being recreated unnecessarily.
     // Hence the use of CONST.EMPTY_ARRAY.
     disabledIndexes = CONST.EMPTY_ARRAY,
+    captureOnInputs = true,
     shouldExcludeTextAreaNodes = true,
     isActive,
     itemsPerRow,
@@ -63,16 +65,18 @@ export default function useArrowKeyFocusManager({
         () => ({
             excludedNodes: shouldExcludeTextAreaNodes ? ['TEXTAREA'] : [],
             isActive,
+            captureOnInputs,
         }),
-        [isActive, shouldExcludeTextAreaNodes],
+        [captureOnInputs, isActive, shouldExcludeTextAreaNodes],
     );
 
     const horizontalArrowConfig = useMemo(
         () => ({
             excludedNodes: shouldExcludeTextAreaNodes ? ['TEXTAREA'] : [],
             isActive: isActive && allowHorizontalArrowKeys,
+            captureOnInputs,
         }),
-        [isActive, shouldExcludeTextAreaNodes, allowHorizontalArrowKeys],
+        [allowHorizontalArrowKeys, captureOnInputs, isActive, shouldExcludeTextAreaNodes],
     );
 
     useEffect(() => {