diff --git a/packages/kbn-es-types/src/search.ts b/packages/kbn-es-types/src/search.ts
index 4c780fb2a2986..87f9dd15517c9 100644
--- a/packages/kbn-es-types/src/search.ts
+++ b/packages/kbn-es-types/src/search.ts
@@ -682,6 +682,7 @@ export interface ESQLSearchResponse {
   all_columns?: ESQLColumn[];
   values: ESQLRow[];
   took?: number;
+  _clusters?: estypes.ClusterStatistics;
 }
 
 export interface ESQLSearchParams {
diff --git a/packages/kbn-search-response-warnings/src/extract_warnings.test.ts b/packages/kbn-search-response-warnings/src/extract_warnings.test.ts
index cedf0546ae3a4..c5a1352c3d0f9 100644
--- a/packages/kbn-search-response-warnings/src/extract_warnings.test.ts
+++ b/packages/kbn-search-response-warnings/src/extract_warnings.test.ts
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 
 import { estypes } from '@elastic/elasticsearch';
 import type { Start as InspectorStartContract } from '@kbn/inspector-plugin/public';
+import type { ESQLSearchResponse } from '@kbn/es-types';
 import type { RequestAdapter } from '@kbn/inspector-plugin/common/adapters/request';
 import { extractWarnings } from './extract_warnings';
 
@@ -108,6 +109,22 @@ describe('extract search response warnings', () => {
 
       expect(warnings).toEqual([]);
     });
+
+    it('should not include warnings when there is no _clusters or _shards information', () => {
+      const warnings = extractWarnings(
+        {
+          took: 46,
+          all_columns: [{ name: 'field1', type: 'string' }],
+          columns: [{ name: 'field1', type: 'string' }],
+          values: [['value1']],
+        } as ESQLSearchResponse,
+        mockInspectorService,
+        mockRequestAdapter,
+        'My request'
+      );
+
+      expect(warnings).toEqual([]);
+    });
   });
 
   describe('remote clusters', () => {
diff --git a/packages/kbn-search-response-warnings/src/extract_warnings.ts b/packages/kbn-search-response-warnings/src/extract_warnings.ts
index 7d53a954f7715..58e963c239b12 100644
--- a/packages/kbn-search-response-warnings/src/extract_warnings.ts
+++ b/packages/kbn-search-response-warnings/src/extract_warnings.ts
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
  */
 
 import { estypes } from '@elastic/elasticsearch';
+import type { ESQLSearchResponse } from '@kbn/es-types';
 import type { Start as InspectorStartContract, RequestAdapter } from '@kbn/inspector-plugin/public';
 import type { SearchResponseWarning } from './types';
 
@@ -15,7 +16,7 @@ import type { SearchResponseWarning } from './types';
  * @internal
  */
 export function extractWarnings(
-  rawResponse: estypes.SearchResponse,
+  rawResponse: estypes.SearchResponse | ESQLSearchResponse,
   inspectorService: InspectorStartContract,
   requestAdapter: RequestAdapter,
   requestName: string,
@@ -23,11 +24,13 @@ export function extractWarnings(
 ): SearchResponseWarning[] {
   const warnings: SearchResponseWarning[] = [];
 
+  // ES|QL supports _clusters in case of CCS but doesnt support _shards and timed_out (yet)
   const isPartial = rawResponse._clusters
     ? rawResponse._clusters.partial > 0 ||
       rawResponse._clusters.skipped > 0 ||
       rawResponse._clusters.running > 0
-    : rawResponse.timed_out || rawResponse._shards.failed > 0;
+    : ('timed_out' in rawResponse && rawResponse.timed_out) ||
+      ('_shards' in rawResponse && rawResponse._shards.failed > 0);
   if (isPartial) {
     warnings.push({
       type: 'incomplete',
@@ -39,9 +42,10 @@ export function extractWarnings(
               status: 'partial',
               indices: '',
               took: rawResponse.took,
-              timed_out: rawResponse.timed_out,
-              _shards: rawResponse._shards,
-              failures: rawResponse._shards.failures,
+              timed_out: 'timed_out' in rawResponse && rawResponse.timed_out,
+              ...('_shards' in rawResponse
+                ? { _shards: rawResponse._shards, failures: rawResponse._shards.failures }
+                : {}),
             },
           },
       openInInspector: () => {
diff --git a/packages/kbn-search-response-warnings/tsconfig.json b/packages/kbn-search-response-warnings/tsconfig.json
index 6823ef5abf8a1..1f87892403a61 100644
--- a/packages/kbn-search-response-warnings/tsconfig.json
+++ b/packages/kbn-search-response-warnings/tsconfig.json
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
     "@kbn/core",
     "@kbn/react-kibana-mount",
     "@kbn/core-i18n-browser",
+    "@kbn/es-types",
   ],
   "exclude": ["target/**/*"]
 }