diff --git a/frontend/src/metabase-types/api/search.ts b/frontend/src/metabase-types/api/search.ts
index 0cbd5a568b13b4ebae5e1414ef344dbf3b2af00e..dde0ac57465ca15a0a67dd4dbbc31e7d96524048 100644
--- a/frontend/src/metabase-types/api/search.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/metabase-types/api/search.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import { CardId } from "./card";
 import { Collection } from "./collection";
-import { DatabaseId } from "./database";
+import { DatabaseId, InitialSyncStatus } from "./database";
 import { FieldReference } from "./query";
 import { TableId } from "./table";
 
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ export interface SearchResult {
   model_name: string | null;
   table_description: string | null;
   table_name: string | null;
-  initial_sync_status: "complete" | "incomplete" | null;
+  initial_sync_status: InitialSyncStatus | null;
   dashboard_count: number | null;
   context: any; // this might be a dead property
   scores: SearchScore[];
diff --git a/frontend/src/metabase/search/components/SearchResult.tsx b/frontend/src/metabase/search/components/SearchResult.tsx
index 5c2b98044f11a7084ac69d9c53978ec0a495172f..4f1c6299a825270f55e3bcc9d567dfadbed639e7 100644
--- a/frontend/src/metabase/search/components/SearchResult.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/metabase/search/components/SearchResult.tsx
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ export function SearchResult({
       active={active}
       compact={compact}
       to={!onClick ? result.getUrl() : ""}
-      onClick={onClick ? () => onClick(result) : undefined}
+      onClick={onClick && active ? () => onClick(result) : undefined}
       data-testid="search-result-item"
     >
       <ResultLinkContent>
diff --git a/frontend/src/metabase/search/components/SearchResult.unit.spec.tsx b/frontend/src/metabase/search/components/SearchResult.unit.spec.tsx
index e6e835e72a4ca3888083aa42cf1f787d455044d3..622c0f9f3182e246d28c1e60a2f8718b7892e9a3 100644
--- a/frontend/src/metabase/search/components/SearchResult.unit.spec.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/metabase/search/components/SearchResult.unit.spec.tsx
@@ -1,8 +1,18 @@
+import userEvent from "@testing-library/user-event";
 import { render, screen } from "@testing-library/react";
 import { setupEnterpriseTest } from "__support__/enterprise";
-import { createMockSearchResult } from "metabase-types/api/mocks";
-import { getIcon, queryIcon } from "__support__/ui";
-
+import {
+  setupTableEndpoints,
+  setupDatabaseEndpoints,
+} from "__support__/server-mocks";
+import {
+  createMockSearchResult,
+  createMockTable,
+  createMockDatabase,
+} from "metabase-types/api/mocks";
+import { getIcon, renderWithProviders, queryIcon } from "__support__/ui";
+
+import { InitialSyncStatus } from "metabase-types/api";
 import type { WrappedResult } from "./types";
 import { SearchResult } from "./SearchResult";
 
@@ -55,6 +65,59 @@ describe("SearchResult", () => {
   });
 });
 
+describe("SearchResult > Tables", () => {
+  interface SetupOpts {
+    name: string;
+    initial_sync_status: InitialSyncStatus;
+  }
+
+  const setup = (setupOpts: SetupOpts) => {
+    const TEST_TABLE = createMockTable(setupOpts);
+    const TEST_DATABASE = createMockDatabase();
+    setupTableEndpoints(TEST_TABLE);
+    setupDatabaseEndpoints(TEST_DATABASE);
+    const result = createWrappedSearchResult({
+      model: "table",
+      table_id: TEST_TABLE.id,
+      database_id: TEST_DATABASE.id,
+      getUrl: () => `/table/${TEST_TABLE.id}`,
+      getIcon: () => ({ name: "table" }),
+      ...setupOpts,
+    });
+    const onClick = jest.fn();
+    renderWithProviders(<SearchResult result={result} onClick={onClick} />);
+    const link = screen.getByText(result.name);
+    return { link, onClick };
+  };
+
+  it("tables with initial_sync_status='complete' are clickable", () => {
+    const { link, onClick } = setup({
+      name: "Complete Table",
+      initial_sync_status: "complete",
+    });
+    userEvent.click(link);
+    expect(onClick).toHaveBeenCalled();
+  });
+
+  it("tables with initial_sync_status='incomplete' are not clickable", () => {
+    const { link, onClick } = setup({
+      name: "Incomplete Table",
+      initial_sync_status: "incomplete",
+    });
+    userEvent.click(link);
+    expect(onClick).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+  });
+
+  it("tables with initial_sync_status='aborted' are not clickable", () => {
+    const { link, onClick } = setup({
+      name: "Aborted Table",
+      initial_sync_status: "aborted",
+    });
+    userEvent.click(link);
+    expect(onClick).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+  });
+});
+
 describe("SearchResult > Collections", () => {
   const resultInRegularCollection = createWrappedSearchResult({
     name: "My Regular Item",