diff --git a/.changeset/chatty-pears-serve.md b/.changeset/chatty-pears-serve.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6903e909d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/chatty-pears-serve.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'@sajari/react-hooks': patch
+---
+
+Set searching state when calling pagination request
diff --git a/packages/hooks/src/ContextProvider/index.tsx b/packages/hooks/src/ContextProvider/index.tsx
index 492e1fbf4..fc1a07544 100644
--- a/packages/hooks/src/ContextProvider/index.tsx
+++ b/packages/hooks/src/ContextProvider/index.tsx
@@ -296,6 +296,7 @@ const ContextProvider: React.FC<SearchProviderValues> = ({
       const { config } = searchState;
 
       variables.set({ [config.pageParam]: String(page) });
+      setSearching(true);
       pipeline.search(variables.get());
     },
     [search.pipeline, search.variables, searchState.config],