diff --git a/packages/hotpotqa/src/aviary/envs/hotpotqa/env.py b/packages/hotpotqa/src/aviary/envs/hotpotqa/env.py
index f35ee956..a81d89a5 100644
--- a/packages/hotpotqa/src/aviary/envs/hotpotqa/env.py
+++ b/packages/hotpotqa/src/aviary/envs/hotpotqa/env.py
@@ -58,12 +58,15 @@ class HotPotQAEnvState(BaseModel):
     reward: float = Field(
         default=0.0, description="Current reward value, reset each environment step."
     )
-
     answer: str | None = Field(
         default=None,
         description="The answer to the question, or None if not yet answered.",
     )
-
+    last_action_is_lookup: bool = Field(
+        default=False,
+        description="Whether the last action was a lookup action."
+        "Default is False, as after reset the agent has not yet taken any action.",
+    )
     last_lookup: str | None = Field(
         default=None, description="The last lookup keyword."
     )
@@ -340,6 +343,8 @@ def finish(self, answer: str) -> str:
 
         self.state.answer = answer
         self.state.reward += self.calculate_reward(answer)
+
+        self.state.last_action_is_lookup = False
         return "Finished."
 
     async def search(self, entity: str) -> str:
@@ -404,6 +409,7 @@ async def search(self, entity: str) -> str:
             for s in p.split(". ")
             if s.strip()
         ]
+        self.state.last_action_is_lookup = False
         return " ".join(obs_list[:5])
 
     def construct_lookup_list(self, keyword: str) -> str:
@@ -441,11 +447,11 @@ def construct_lookup_list(self, keyword: str) -> str:
         if not self.state.page:
             return "Lookup failed. You have not specified a Wikipedia page yet."
 
-        if self.state.last_lookup != keyword:
+        if not self.state.last_action_is_lookup or self.state.last_lookup != keyword:
             self.state.last_lookup = keyword
             self.state.lookup_results = [
-                s.strip() + "."
-                for s in self.state.page.split(". ")
+                s.strip()
+                for s in self.state.page.split("\n")
                 if s.strip() and keyword.lower() in s.lower()
             ]
             self.state.lookup_index = 0
@@ -458,6 +464,7 @@ def construct_lookup_list(self, keyword: str) -> str:
             f" {self.state.lookup_results[self.state.lookup_index]}"
         )
         self.state.lookup_index += 1
+        self.state.last_action_is_lookup = True
         return obs
 
 
diff --git a/packages/hotpotqa/tests/test_hotpotqa_env.py b/packages/hotpotqa/tests/test_hotpotqa_env.py
index 76afcbc1..33cae63c 100644
--- a/packages/hotpotqa/tests/test_hotpotqa_env.py
+++ b/packages/hotpotqa/tests/test_hotpotqa_env.py
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+import re
+
 import pytest
 
 from aviary.core import Environment, TaskDataset
@@ -27,3 +29,39 @@ def test_dataset_from_name() -> None:
 
     with pytest.raises(ValueError, match="answer"):
         TaskDataset.from_name("hotpotqa", split="test")
+
+
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_tool_results() -> None:
+    hotpotqa_env: HotPotQAEnv = Environment.from_name(
+        "hotpotqa",
+        question=("Which country has a larger population: China or France?"),
+        correct_answer="China",
+    )
+    lookup_pattern = r"^\(Result \d+ / \d+\)\s*(.*)"
+
+    _, _ = await hotpotqa_env.reset()
+    obs1 = await hotpotqa_env.search("China")
+    obs2 = hotpotqa_env.construct_lookup_list("population")
+
+    # Check lookup return format
+    match = re.match(lookup_pattern, obs2)
+    assert match  # Starts with the right pattern
+    assert (
+        match.group(1) + "\n" in hotpotqa_env.state.page
+    )  # Everything after the pattern should be a paragraph in current page
+
+    obs3 = await hotpotqa_env.search("France")
+    obs4 = hotpotqa_env.construct_lookup_list("population")
+
+    # Check lookup return format
+    match = re.match(lookup_pattern, obs4)
+    assert match, "Expected lookup"
+    assert match.group(1) + "\n" in hotpotqa_env.state.page, (
+        "Expected text after the match to be a paragraph"
+    )
+
+    obs5 = hotpotqa_env.finish("China")
+
+    # Ensure that the observations are different
+    assert obs1 != obs2 != obs3 != obs4 != obs5