diff --git a/src/plugins/data_view_management/server/routes/resolve_index.test.ts b/src/plugins/data_view_management/server/routes/resolve_index.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..90894edff4880
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/plugins/data_view_management/server/routes/resolve_index.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,243 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright Elasticsearch B.V. and/or licensed to Elasticsearch B.V. under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements. Licensed under the "Elastic License
+ * 2.0", the "GNU Affero General Public License v3.0 only", and the "Server Side
+ * Public License v 1"; you may not use this file except in compliance with, at
+ * your election, the "Elastic License 2.0", the "GNU Affero General Public
+ * License v3.0 only", or the "Server Side Public License, v 1".
+ */
+
+import type { MockedKeys } from '@kbn/utility-types-jest';
+import { CoreSetup, RequestHandlerContext } from '@kbn/core/server';
+import { coreMock, httpServerMock } from '@kbn/core/server/mocks';
+import { registerResolveIndexRoute } from './resolve_index';
+
+const mockResponseIndices = {
+  indices: [
+    {
+      name: 'kibana_sample_data_logs',
+      attributes: ['open'],
+    },
+  ],
+  aliases: [],
+  data_streams: [],
+};
+
+const mockResponseEmpty = {
+  indices: [],
+  aliases: [],
+  data_streams: [],
+};
+
+const mockError403 = {
+  meta: {
+    body: {
+      error: {
+        root_cause: [
+          {
+            type: 'no_such_remote_cluster_exception',
+            reason: 'no such remote cluster: [cluster1]',
+          },
+        ],
+        type: 'security_exception',
+        reason:
+          'action [indices:admin/resolve/index] is unauthorized for user [elastic] with effective roles [superuser], this action is granted by the index privileges [view_index_metadata,manage,read,all]',
+        caused_by: {
+          type: 'no_such_remote_cluster_exception',
+          reason: 'no such remote cluster: [cluster1]',
+        },
+      },
+      status: 403,
+    },
+    statusCode: 403,
+  },
+};
+
+const mockError404 = {
+  meta: {
+    body: {
+      error: {
+        root_cause: [
+          {
+            type: 'index_not_found_exception',
+            reason: 'no such index [asdf]',
+            'resource.type': 'index_or_alias',
+            'resource.id': 'asdf',
+            index_uuid: '_na_',
+            index: 'asdf',
+          },
+        ],
+        type: 'index_not_found_exception',
+        reason: 'no such index [asdf]',
+        'resource.type': 'index_or_alias',
+        'resource.id': 'asdf',
+        index_uuid: '_na_',
+        index: 'asdf',
+      },
+      status: 404,
+    },
+    statusCode: 404,
+  },
+};
+
+describe('resolve_index route', () => {
+  let mockCoreSetup: MockedKeys<CoreSetup>;
+
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    mockCoreSetup = coreMock.createSetup();
+  });
+
+  it('handler calls /_resolve/index with the given request', async () => {
+    const mockClient = {
+      indices: {
+        resolveIndex: jest.fn().mockResolvedValue(mockResponseIndices),
+      },
+    };
+    const mockContext = {
+      core: {
+        elasticsearch: { client: { asCurrentUser: mockClient } },
+      },
+    };
+    const mockRequest = httpServerMock.createKibanaRequest({
+      params: {
+        query: 'kibana_sample_data_logs',
+      },
+    });
+    const mockResponse = httpServerMock.createResponseFactory();
+
+    registerResolveIndexRoute(mockCoreSetup.http.createRouter());
+
+    const mockRouter = mockCoreSetup.http.createRouter.mock.results[0].value;
+    const handler = mockRouter.get.mock.calls[0][1];
+    await handler(mockContext as unknown as RequestHandlerContext, mockRequest, mockResponse);
+
+    expect(mockClient.indices.resolveIndex.mock.calls[0][0]).toMatchInlineSnapshot(`
+      Object {
+        "expand_wildcards": "open",
+        "name": "kibana_sample_data_logs",
+      }
+    `);
+
+    expect(mockResponse.ok).toBeCalled();
+    expect(mockResponse.ok.mock.calls[0][0]).toEqual({ body: mockResponseIndices });
+  });
+
+  it('should return 200 for a search for indices with wildcard', async () => {
+    const mockClient = {
+      indices: {
+        resolveIndex: jest.fn().mockResolvedValue(mockResponseEmpty),
+      },
+    };
+    const mockContext = {
+      core: {
+        elasticsearch: { client: { asCurrentUser: mockClient } },
+      },
+    };
+    const mockRequest = httpServerMock.createKibanaRequest({
+      params: {
+        query: 'asdf*',
+      },
+    });
+    const mockResponse = httpServerMock.createResponseFactory();
+
+    registerResolveIndexRoute(mockCoreSetup.http.createRouter());
+
+    const mockRouter = mockCoreSetup.http.createRouter.mock.results[0].value;
+    const handler = mockRouter.get.mock.calls[0][1];
+    await handler(mockContext as unknown as RequestHandlerContext, mockRequest, mockResponse);
+
+    expect(mockClient.indices.resolveIndex.mock.calls[0][0]).toMatchInlineSnapshot(`
+      Object {
+        "expand_wildcards": "open",
+        "name": "asdf*",
+      }
+    `);
+
+    expect(mockResponse.ok).toBeCalled();
+    expect(mockResponse.ok.mock.calls[0][0]).toEqual({ body: mockResponseEmpty });
+  });
+
+  it('returns 404 when hitting a 403 from Elasticsearch', async () => {
+    const mockClient = {
+      indices: {
+        resolveIndex: jest.fn().mockRejectedValue(mockError403),
+      },
+    };
+    const mockContext = {
+      core: {
+        elasticsearch: { client: { asCurrentUser: mockClient } },
+      },
+    };
+    const mockRequest = httpServerMock.createKibanaRequest({
+      params: {
+        query: 'cluster1:filebeat-*,cluster2:filebeat-*',
+      },
+    });
+    const mockResponse = httpServerMock.createResponseFactory();
+
+    registerResolveIndexRoute(mockCoreSetup.http.createRouter());
+
+    const mockRouter = mockCoreSetup.http.createRouter.mock.results[0].value;
+    const handler = mockRouter.get.mock.calls[0][1];
+
+    await handler(mockContext as unknown as RequestHandlerContext, mockRequest, mockResponse);
+
+    expect(mockClient.indices.resolveIndex.mock.calls[0][0]).toMatchInlineSnapshot(`
+      Object {
+        "expand_wildcards": "open",
+        "name": "cluster1:filebeat-*,cluster2:filebeat-*",
+      }
+    `);
+
+    expect(mockResponse.notFound).toBeCalled();
+    expect(mockResponse.notFound.mock.calls[0][0]).toMatchInlineSnapshot(`
+      Object {
+        "body": Object {
+          "message": "action [indices:admin/resolve/index] is unauthorized for user [elastic] with effective roles [superuser], this action is granted by the index privileges [view_index_metadata,manage,read,all]",
+        },
+      }
+    `);
+  });
+
+  it('returns 404 when hitting a 404 from Elasticsearch', async () => {
+    const mockClient = {
+      indices: {
+        resolveIndex: jest.fn().mockRejectedValue(mockError404),
+      },
+    };
+    const mockContext = {
+      core: {
+        elasticsearch: { client: { asCurrentUser: mockClient } },
+      },
+    };
+    const mockRequest = httpServerMock.createKibanaRequest({
+      params: {
+        query: 'asdf',
+      },
+    });
+    const mockResponse = httpServerMock.createResponseFactory();
+
+    registerResolveIndexRoute(mockCoreSetup.http.createRouter());
+
+    const mockRouter = mockCoreSetup.http.createRouter.mock.results[0].value;
+    const handler = mockRouter.get.mock.calls[0][1];
+
+    await handler(mockContext as unknown as RequestHandlerContext, mockRequest, mockResponse);
+
+    expect(mockClient.indices.resolveIndex.mock.calls[0][0]).toMatchInlineSnapshot(`
+      Object {
+        "expand_wildcards": "open",
+        "name": "asdf",
+      }
+    `);
+
+    expect(mockResponse.notFound).toBeCalled();
+    expect(mockResponse.notFound.mock.calls[0][0]).toMatchInlineSnapshot(`
+      Object {
+        "body": Object {
+          "message": "no such index [asdf]",
+        },
+      }
+    `);
+  });
+});
diff --git a/src/plugins/data_view_management/server/routes/resolve_index.ts b/src/plugins/data_view_management/server/routes/resolve_index.ts
index f51027e55f9ca..04e3865fd8592 100644
--- a/src/plugins/data_view_management/server/routes/resolve_index.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/data_view_management/server/routes/resolve_index.ts
@@ -47,7 +47,9 @@ export function registerResolveIndexRoute(router: IRouter): void {
         });
         return res.ok({ body });
       } catch (e) {
-        if (e?.meta.statusCode === 404) {
+        // 403: no_such_remote_cluster_exception
+        // 404: index_not_found_exception
+        if ([403, 404].includes(e?.meta.statusCode)) {
           return res.notFound({ body: { message: e.meta?.body?.error?.reason } });
         } else {
           throw getKbnServerError(e);
diff --git a/test/api_integration/apis/data_views/resolve_index/resolve_index.ts b/test/api_integration/apis/data_views/resolve_index/resolve_index.ts
index cd13d23e80c1e..221b63b05fe8c 100644
--- a/test/api_integration/apis/data_views/resolve_index/resolve_index.ts
+++ b/test/api_integration/apis/data_views/resolve_index/resolve_index.ts
@@ -22,10 +22,18 @@ export default function ({ getService }: FtrProviderContext) {
         .set(X_ELASTIC_INTERNAL_ORIGIN_REQUEST, 'kibana')
         .expect(200));
 
-    it('should return 404 for an exact match index', () =>
+    it('should return 404 when no indices match', () =>
       supertest
         .get(`/internal/index-pattern-management/resolve_index/test`)
         .set(X_ELASTIC_INTERNAL_ORIGIN_REQUEST, 'kibana')
         .expect(404));
+
+    it('should return 404 when cluster is not found', () =>
+      supertest
+        .get(
+          `/internal/index-pattern-management/resolve_index/cluster1:filebeat-*,cluster2:filebeat-*`
+        )
+        .set(X_ELASTIC_INTERNAL_ORIGIN_REQUEST, 'kibana')
+        .expect(404));
   });
 }