diff --git a/src/plugins/data/public/search/search_interceptor/search_interceptor.ts b/src/plugins/data/public/search/search_interceptor/search_interceptor.ts
index 7f54c63592b14..98a325462ecf3 100644
--- a/src/plugins/data/public/search/search_interceptor/search_interceptor.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/data/public/search/search_interceptor/search_interceptor.ts
@@ -453,6 +453,16 @@ export class SearchInterceptor {
             ...searchOptions,
           }),
         })
+        .then((response) => {
+          return response.rawResponse
+            ? response
+            : {
+                id: response.id,
+                rawResponse: response,
+                isPartial: response.is_partial,
+                isRunning: response.is_running,
+              };
+        })
         .catch((e: IHttpFetchError<KibanaServerError>) => {
           if (e?.body) {
             throw e.body;
diff --git a/src/plugins/data/server/search/routes/search.ts b/src/plugins/data/server/search/routes/search.ts
index 7d05c27cd5781..cc783b369d4b5 100644
--- a/src/plugins/data/server/search/routes/search.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/data/server/search/routes/search.ts
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 import { first } from 'rxjs';
 import { schema } from '@kbn/config-schema';
 import { reportServerError } from '@kbn/kibana-utils-plugin/server';
+import { PassThrough } from 'stream';
 import { reportSearchError } from '../report_search_error';
 import { getRequestAbortedSignal } from '../../lib';
 import type { DataPluginRouter } from '../types';
@@ -73,7 +74,13 @@ export function registerSearchRoute(router: DataPluginRouter): void {
             .pipe(first())
             .toPromise();
 
-          return res.ok({ body: response });
+          if (response.rawResponse.pipe) {
+            const stream = new PassThrough();
+            response.rawResponse.pipe(stream);
+            return res.ok({ body: stream });
+          } else {
+            return res.ok({ body: response });
+          }
         } catch (err) {
           return reportSearchError(res, err);
         }
diff --git a/src/plugins/data/server/search/search_service.ts b/src/plugins/data/server/search/search_service.ts
index 09bee9bb8bab8..8c6edfd1734a3 100644
--- a/src/plugins/data/server/search/search_service.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/data/server/search/search_service.ts
@@ -394,11 +394,7 @@ export class SearchService implements Plugin<ISearchSetup, ISearchStart> {
         switchMap((searchRequest) =>
           strategy.search(searchRequest, options, deps).pipe(
             concatMap((response) => {
-              response = {
-                ...response,
-                isRestored: !!searchRequest.id,
-              };
-
+              response.isRestored = !!searchRequest.id;
               if (
                 options.sessionId && // if within search session
                 options.isStored && // and search session was saved (saved object exists)
diff --git a/src/plugins/data/server/search/strategies/esql_async_search/esql_async_search_strategy.ts b/src/plugins/data/server/search/strategies/esql_async_search/esql_async_search_strategy.ts
index a204b6ca69cca..772e439eacaf8 100644
--- a/src/plugins/data/server/search/strategies/esql_async_search/esql_async_search_strategy.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/data/server/search/strategies/esql_async_search/esql_async_search_strategy.ts
@@ -21,8 +21,8 @@ import { pollSearch } from '../../../../common';
 import { getKbnSearchError } from '../../report_search_error';
 import type { ISearchStrategy, SearchStrategyDependencies } from '../../types';
 import type { IAsyncSearchOptions } from '../../../../common';
-import { toAsyncKibanaSearchResponse } from './response_utils';
 import { SearchConfigSchema } from '../../../../config';
+import { sanitizeRequestParams } from '../../sanitize_request_params';
 
 // `drop_null_columns` is going to change the response
 // now we get `all_columns` and `columns`
@@ -73,14 +73,14 @@ export const esqlAsyncSearchStrategyProvider = (
             ...(await getCommonDefaultAsyncSubmitParams(searchConfig, options)),
             ...requestParams,
           };
-      const { body, headers, meta } = id
+      const response = id
         ? await client.transport.request<SqlGetAsyncResponse>(
             {
               method: 'GET',
               path: `/_query/async/${id}`,
               querystring: { ...params },
             },
-            { ...options.transport, signal: options.abortSignal, meta: true }
+            { ...options.transport, signal: options.abortSignal, meta: true, asStream: true }
           )
         : await client.transport.request<SqlGetAsyncResponse>(
             {
@@ -89,16 +89,16 @@ export const esqlAsyncSearchStrategyProvider = (
               body: params,
               querystring: dropNullColumns ? 'drop_null_columns' : '',
             },
-            { ...options.transport, signal: options.abortSignal, meta: true }
+            { ...options.transport, signal: options.abortSignal, meta: true, asStream: true }
           );
-
-      const finalResponse = toAsyncKibanaSearchResponse(
-        body,
-        headers?.warning,
-        // do not return requestParams on polling calls
-        id ? undefined : meta?.request?.params
-      );
-      return finalResponse;
+      const { body, headers, meta } = response;
+      return {
+        id: headers['x-elasticsearch-async-id'],
+        rawResponse: body,
+        isRunning: headers['x-elasticsearch-async-is-running'] === '?1',
+        ...(headers?.warning ? { warning: headers?.warning } : {}),
+        ...(requestParams ? { requestParams: sanitizeRequestParams(meta?.request?.params) } : {}),
+      };
     };
 
     const cancel = async () => {