diff --git a/alerting/src/main/kotlin/org/opensearch/alerting/transport/TransportGetFindingsAction.kt b/alerting/src/main/kotlin/org/opensearch/alerting/transport/TransportGetFindingsAction.kt
index 62d7e83b9..268087f1e 100644
--- a/alerting/src/main/kotlin/org/opensearch/alerting/transport/TransportGetFindingsAction.kt
+++ b/alerting/src/main/kotlin/org/opensearch/alerting/transport/TransportGetFindingsAction.kt
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ class TransportGetFindingsSearchAction @Inject constructor(
                     )
                 )
         }
-        searchSourceBuilder.query(queryBuilder)
+        searchSourceBuilder.query(queryBuilder).trackTotalHits(true)
 
         client.threadPool().threadContext.stashContext().use {
             scope.launch {