diff --git a/public/app/features/search/page/components/SearchResultsTable.test.tsx b/public/app/features/search/page/components/SearchResultsTable.test.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..eba70c2b4d1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/public/app/features/search/page/components/SearchResultsTable.test.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,162 @@
+import { render, screen } from '@testing-library/react';
+import React from 'react';
+import { Subject } from 'rxjs';
+
+import {
+  applyFieldOverrides,
+  ArrayVector,
+  createTheme,
+  DataFrame,
+  DataFrameView,
+  FieldType,
+  toDataFrame,
+} from '@grafana/data';
+
+import { DashboardQueryResult, getGrafanaSearcher, QueryResponse } from '../../service';
+import { DashboardSearchItemType } from '../../types';
+
+import { SearchResultsTable } from './SearchResultsTable';
+
+describe('SearchResultsTable', () => {
+  const mockOnTagSelected = jest.fn();
+  const mockClearSelection = jest.fn();
+  const mockSelectionToggle = jest.fn();
+  const mockSelection = jest.fn();
+  const mockKeyboardEvents = new Subject<React.KeyboardEvent>();
+
+  describe('when there is data', () => {
+    const searchData = toDataFrame({
+      name: 'A',
+      fields: [
+        { name: 'kind', type: FieldType.string, config: {}, values: [DashboardSearchItemType.DashDB] },
+        { name: 'uid', type: FieldType.string, config: {}, values: ['my-dashboard-1'] },
+        { name: 'name', type: FieldType.string, config: {}, values: ['My dashboard 1'] },
+        { name: 'panel_type', type: FieldType.string, config: {}, values: [''] },
+        { name: 'url', type: FieldType.string, config: {}, values: ['/my-dashboard-1'] },
+        { name: 'tags', type: FieldType.other, config: {}, values: [['foo', 'bar']] },
+        { name: 'ds_uid', type: FieldType.other, config: {}, values: [''] },
+        { name: 'location', type: FieldType.string, config: {}, values: ['/my-dashboard-1'] },
+      ],
+    });
+    const dataFrames = applyFieldOverrides({
+      data: [searchData],
+      fieldConfig: {
+        defaults: {},
+        overrides: [],
+      },
+      replaceVariables: (value, vars, format) => {
+        return vars && value === '${__value.text}' ? vars['__value'].value.text : value;
+      },
+      theme: createTheme(),
+    });
+
+    const mockSearchResult: QueryResponse = {
+      isItemLoaded: jest.fn(),
+      loadMoreItems: jest.fn(),
+      totalRows: searchData.length,
+      view: new DataFrameView<DashboardQueryResult>(dataFrames[0]),
+    };
+
+    beforeAll(() => {
+      jest.spyOn(getGrafanaSearcher(), 'search').mockResolvedValue(mockSearchResult);
+    });
+
+    it('shows the table with the correct accessible label', () => {
+      render(
+        <SearchResultsTable
+          keyboardEvents={mockKeyboardEvents}
+          response={mockSearchResult}
+          onTagSelected={mockOnTagSelected}
+          selection={mockSelection}
+          selectionToggle={mockSelectionToggle}
+          clearSelection={mockClearSelection}
+          height={1000}
+          width={1000}
+        />
+      );
+      expect(screen.getByRole('table', { name: 'Search results table' })).toBeInTheDocument();
+    });
+
+    it('has the correct row headers', async () => {
+      render(
+        <SearchResultsTable
+          keyboardEvents={mockKeyboardEvents}
+          response={mockSearchResult}
+          onTagSelected={mockOnTagSelected}
+          selection={mockSelection}
+          selectionToggle={mockSelectionToggle}
+          clearSelection={mockClearSelection}
+          height={1000}
+          width={1000}
+        />
+      );
+      expect(screen.getByRole('columnheader', { name: 'Name' })).toBeInTheDocument();
+      expect(screen.getByRole('columnheader', { name: 'Type' })).toBeInTheDocument();
+      expect(screen.getByRole('columnheader', { name: 'Tags' })).toBeInTheDocument();
+    });
+
+    it('displays the data correctly in the table', () => {
+      render(
+        <SearchResultsTable
+          keyboardEvents={mockKeyboardEvents}
+          response={mockSearchResult}
+          onTagSelected={mockOnTagSelected}
+          selection={mockSelection}
+          selectionToggle={mockSelectionToggle}
+          clearSelection={mockClearSelection}
+          height={1000}
+          width={1000}
+        />
+      );
+
+      const rows = screen.getAllByRole('row');
+
+      expect(rows).toHaveLength(2);
+      expect(screen.getByText('My dashboard 1')).toBeInTheDocument();
+      expect(screen.getByText('foo')).toBeInTheDocument();
+      expect(screen.getByText('bar')).toBeInTheDocument();
+    });
+  });
+
+  describe('when there is no data', () => {
+    const emptySearchData: DataFrame = {
+      fields: [
+        { name: 'kind', type: FieldType.string, config: {}, values: new ArrayVector([]) },
+        { name: 'name', type: FieldType.string, config: {}, values: new ArrayVector([]) },
+        { name: 'uid', type: FieldType.string, config: {}, values: new ArrayVector([]) },
+        { name: 'url', type: FieldType.string, config: {}, values: new ArrayVector([]) },
+        { name: 'tags', type: FieldType.other, config: {}, values: new ArrayVector([]) },
+        { name: 'location', type: FieldType.string, config: {}, values: new ArrayVector([]) },
+      ],
+      length: 0,
+    };
+
+    const mockEmptySearchResult: QueryResponse = {
+      isItemLoaded: jest.fn(),
+      loadMoreItems: jest.fn(),
+      totalRows: emptySearchData.length,
+      view: new DataFrameView<DashboardQueryResult>(emptySearchData),
+    };
+
+    beforeAll(() => {
+      jest.spyOn(getGrafanaSearcher(), 'search').mockResolvedValue(mockEmptySearchResult);
+    });
+
+    it('shows a "No data" message', () => {
+      render(
+        <SearchResultsTable
+          keyboardEvents={mockKeyboardEvents}
+          response={mockEmptySearchResult}
+          onTagSelected={mockOnTagSelected}
+          selection={mockSelection}
+          selectionToggle={mockSelectionToggle}
+          clearSelection={mockClearSelection}
+          height={1000}
+          width={1000}
+        />
+      );
+      expect(screen.queryByRole('table', { name: 'Search results table' })).not.toBeInTheDocument();
+      expect(screen.getByText('No data')).toBeInTheDocument();
+    });
+  });
+});
diff --git a/public/app/features/search/page/components/SearchResultsTable.tsx b/public/app/features/search/page/components/SearchResultsTable.tsx
index 0732e3f3120..093ac1202d9 100644
--- a/public/app/features/search/page/components/SearchResultsTable.tsx
+++ b/public/app/features/search/page/components/SearchResultsTable.tsx
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 /* eslint-disable react/jsx-no-undef */
 import { css } from '@emotion/css';
-import React, { useEffect, useMemo, useRef, useCallback } from 'react';
+import React, { useEffect, useMemo, useRef, useCallback, useState } from 'react';
 import { useTable, Column, TableOptions, Cell, useAbsoluteLayout } from 'react-table';
 import { FixedSizeList } from 'react-window';
 import InfiniteLoader from 'react-window-infinite-loader';
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ export const SearchResultsTable = React.memo(
     const styles = useStyles2(getStyles);
     const tableStyles = useStyles2(getTableStyles);
     const infiniteLoaderRef = useRef<InfiniteLoader>(null);
-    const listRef = useRef<FixedSizeList>(null);
+    const [listEl, setListEl] = useState<FixedSizeList | null>(null);
     const highlightIndex = useSearchKeyboardNavigation(keyboardEvents, 0, response);
 
     const memoizedData = useMemo(() => {
@@ -69,10 +69,10 @@ export const SearchResultsTable = React.memo(
       if (infiniteLoaderRef.current) {
         infiniteLoaderRef.current.resetloadMoreItemsCache();
       }
-      if (listRef.current) {
-        listRef.current.scrollTo(0);
+      if (listEl) {
+        listEl.scrollTo(0);
       }
-    }, [memoizedData]);
+    }, [memoizedData, listEl]);
 
     // React-table column definitions
     const memoizedColumns = useMemo(() => {
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ export const SearchResultsTable = React.memo(
     }
 
     return (
-      <div {...getTableProps()} aria-label="Search result table" role="table">
+      <div {...getTableProps()} aria-label="Search results table" role="table">
         <div>
           {headerGroups.map((headerGroup) => {
             const { key, ...headerGroupProps } = headerGroup.getHeaderGroupProps();
@@ -162,9 +162,12 @@ export const SearchResultsTable = React.memo(
             itemCount={rows.length}
             loadMoreItems={response.loadMoreItems}
           >
-            {({ onItemsRendered }) => (
+            {({ onItemsRendered, ref }) => (
               <FixedSizeList
-                ref={listRef}
+                ref={(innerRef) => {
+                  ref(innerRef);
+                  setListEl(innerRef);
+                }}
                 onItemsRendered={onItemsRendered}
                 height={height - HEADER_HEIGHT}
                 itemCount={rows.length}
@@ -194,27 +197,6 @@ const getStyles = (theme: GrafanaTheme2) => {
       justify-content: center;
       height: 100%;
     `,
-    table: css`
-      width: 100%;
-    `,
-    cellIcon: css`
-      display: flex;
-      align-items: center;
-    `,
-    nameCellStyle: css`
-      border-right: none;
-      padding: ${theme.spacing(1)} ${theme.spacing(1)} ${theme.spacing(1)} ${theme.spacing(2)};
-      overflow: hidden;
-      text-overflow: ellipsis;
-      user-select: text;
-      white-space: nowrap;
-      &:hover {
-        box-shadow: none;
-      }
-    `,
-    headerNameStyle: css`
-      padding-left: ${theme.spacing(1)};
-    `,
     headerCell: css`
       padding: ${theme.spacing(1)};
     `,
@@ -239,67 +221,5 @@ const getStyles = (theme: GrafanaTheme2) => {
         text-overflow: ellipsis;
       }
     `,
-    typeIcon: css`
-      margin-left: 5px;
-      margin-right: 9.5px;
-      vertical-align: middle;
-      display: inline-block;
-      margin-bottom: ${theme.v1.spacing.xxs};
-      fill: ${theme.colors.text.secondary};
-    `,
-    datasourceItem: css`
-      span {
-        &:hover {
-          color: ${theme.colors.text.link};
-        }
-      }
-    `,
-    missingTitleText: css`
-      color: ${theme.colors.text.disabled};
-      font-style: italic;
-    `,
-    invalidDatasourceItem: css`
-      color: ${theme.colors.error.main};
-      text-decoration: line-through;
-    `,
-    typeText: css`
-      color: ${theme.colors.text.secondary};
-      padding-top: ${theme.spacing(1)};
-    `,
-    locationItem: css`
-      color: ${theme.colors.text.secondary};
-      margin-right: 12px;
-    `,
-    sortedHeader: css`
-      text-align: right;
-      padding-right: ${theme.spacing(2)};
-    `,
-    sortedItems: css`
-      text-align: right;
-      padding: ${theme.spacing(1)} ${theme.spacing(3)} ${theme.spacing(1)} ${theme.spacing(1)};
-    `,
-    locationCellStyle: css`
-      padding-top: ${theme.spacing(1)};
-      padding-right: ${theme.spacing(1)};
-    `,
-    checkboxHeader: css`
-      margin-left: 2px;
-    `,
-    checkbox: css`
-      margin-left: 10px;
-      margin-right: 10px;
-      margin-top: 5px;
-    `,
-    infoWrap: css`
-      color: ${theme.colors.text.secondary};
-      span {
-        margin-right: 10px;
-      }
-    `,
-    tagList: css`
-      padding-top: ${theme.spacing(0.5)};
-      justify-content: flex-start;
-      flex-wrap: nowrap;
-    `,
   };
 };