diff --git a/src/pages/Search/SearchPageBottomTab.tsx b/src/pages/Search/SearchPageBottomTab.tsx
index c201047033e6..663a01ba02b8 100644
--- a/src/pages/Search/SearchPageBottomTab.tsx
+++ b/src/pages/Search/SearchPageBottomTab.tsx
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-import React from 'react';
+import type {StackScreenProps} from '@react-navigation/stack';
+import React, {useMemo} from 'react';
 import FullPageNotFoundView from '@components/BlockingViews/FullPageNotFoundView';
 import ScreenWrapper from '@components/ScreenWrapper';
 import Search from '@components/Search';
@@ -7,20 +8,42 @@ import useLocalize from '@hooks/useLocalize';
 import useThemeStyles from '@hooks/useThemeStyles';
 import useWindowDimensions from '@hooks/useWindowDimensions';
 import Navigation from '@libs/Navigation/Navigation';
+import type {CentralPaneNavigatorParamList} from '@libs/Navigation/types';
 import TopBar from '@navigation/AppNavigator/createCustomBottomTabNavigator/TopBar';
 import CONST from '@src/CONST';
 import ROUTES from '@src/ROUTES';
+import SCREENS from '@src/SCREENS';
 import type {SearchQuery} from '@src/types/onyx/SearchResults';
 import SearchFilters from './SearchFilters';
 
+type SearchPageProps = StackScreenProps<CentralPaneNavigatorParamList, typeof SCREENS.SEARCH.CENTRAL_PANE>;
+
+const defaultSearchProps = {
+    query: '' as SearchQuery,
+    policyIDs: undefined,
+    sortBy: CONST.SEARCH_TABLE_COLUMNS.DATE,
+    sortOrder: CONST.SORT_ORDER.DESC,
+};
 function SearchPageBottomTab() {
     const {translate} = useLocalize();
     const {isSmallScreenWidth} = useWindowDimensions();
     const activeRoute = useActiveRoute();
     const styles = useThemeStyles();
-    const currentQuery = activeRoute?.params && 'query' in activeRoute.params ? activeRoute?.params?.query : '';
-    const policyIDs = activeRoute?.params && 'policyIDs' in activeRoute.params ? (activeRoute?.params?.policyIDs as string) : undefined;
-    const query = currentQuery as SearchQuery;
+
+    const {
+        query: rawQuery,
+        policyIDs,
+        sortBy,
+        sortOrder,
+    } = useMemo(() => {
+        if (activeRoute?.name !== SCREENS.SEARCH.CENTRAL_PANE || !activeRoute.params) {
+            return defaultSearchProps;
+        }
+        return {...defaultSearchProps, ...activeRoute.params} as SearchPageProps['route']['params'];
+    }, [activeRoute]);
+
+    const query = rawQuery as SearchQuery;
+
     const isValidQuery = Object.values(CONST.TAB_SEARCH).includes(query);
 
     const handleOnBackButtonPress = () => Navigation.goBack(ROUTES.SEARCH.getRoute(CONST.TAB_SEARCH.ALL));
@@ -45,6 +68,8 @@ function SearchPageBottomTab() {
                     <Search
                         policyIDs={policyIDs}
                         query={query}
+                        sortBy={sortBy}
+                        sortOrder={sortOrder}
                     />
                 )}
             </FullPageNotFoundView>