diff --git a/src/public/javascripts/services/note_tooltip.js b/src/public/javascripts/services/note_tooltip.js
index 5e87a853f..cffa0a2db 100644
--- a/src/public/javascripts/services/note_tooltip.js
+++ b/src/public/javascripts/services/note_tooltip.js
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ function setupGlobalTooltip() {
     $(document).on("mouseleave", "a", mouseLeaveHandler);
 
     // close any tooltip after click, this fixes the problem that sometimes tooltips remained on the screen
-    $(document).on("click", () => $('.tooltip').remove());
+    //$(document).on("click", () => $('.tooltip').remove());
 }
 
 function setupElementTooltip($el) {
diff --git a/src/public/javascripts/services/search_notes.js b/src/public/javascripts/services/search_notes.js
index e26f5e821..725a9278f 100644
--- a/src/public/javascripts/services/search_notes.js
+++ b/src/public/javascripts/services/search_notes.js
@@ -16,6 +16,17 @@ const $closeSearchButton = $("#close-search-button");
 function showSearch() {
     $searchBox.slideDown();
     $searchInput.focus();
+
+    $searchBox.tooltip({
+        trigger: 'focus',
+        html: true,
+        title: 'Hello! <a href="http://google.com" class="external">google</a>',
+        placement: 'right',
+        delay: {
+            show: 500, // necessary because sliding out may cause wrong position
+            hide: 500
+        }
+    });
 }
 
 function hideSearch() {
diff --git a/src/public/stylesheets/style.css b/src/public/stylesheets/style.css
index 9876919de..2ceb8bc4b 100644
--- a/src/public/stylesheets/style.css
+++ b/src/public/stylesheets/style.css
@@ -685,9 +685,9 @@ table.promoted-attributes-in-tooltip td, table.promoted-attributes-in-tooltip th
 }
 
 /* this should help with tooltip flickering */
-.tooltip {
-    pointer-events: none;
-}
+/*.tooltip {*/
+/*    pointer-events: none;*/
+/*}*/
 
 .tooltip-inner {
     background-color: var(--accented-background-color) !important;
diff --git a/src/views/desktop.ejs b/src/views/desktop.ejs
index ffca1dc4e..0a3e1bd17 100644
--- a/src/views/desktop.ejs
+++ b/src/views/desktop.ejs
@@ -107,7 +107,8 @@
         <div id="search-box">
             <div class="form-group">
                 <div class="input-group">
-                    <input name="search-text" id="search-text" class="form-control" placeholder="Search text, labels" autocomplete="off">
+                    <input name="search-text" id="search-text" class="form-control"
+                           placeholder="Search text, labels" autocomplete="off">
 
                     <div class="input-group-append">
                         <button id="do-search-button" class="btn btn-sm icon-button jam jam-search" title="Search (enter)"></button>