diff --git a/frontend/src/components/Chat/FindingEvidenceDialog.test.tsx b/frontend/src/components/Chat/FindingEvidenceDialog.test.tsx
index b30efff3dd..8e6de34f32 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/Chat/FindingEvidenceDialog.test.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/components/Chat/FindingEvidenceDialog.test.tsx
@@ -365,6 +365,62 @@ it('does not keep a cancelled selection when the picker reopens', async () => {
   expect(screen.getByRole('button', { name: 'Attach attack' })).toBeDisabled()
 })
 
+it('restarts pagination and search when the picker reopens', async () => {
+  const user = userEvent.setup()
+  ;(operationsApi.listFindings as jest.Mock).mockResolvedValue({
+    items: [FINDING], has_more: true, next_offset: 20,
+  })
+  renderDialog()
+  await waitFor(() => { expect(screen.getByRole('button', { name: 'Link to finding' })).toBeEnabled() })
+  await user.click(screen.getByRole('button', { name: 'Link to finding' }))
+  await screen.findByRole('radio')
+  await user.click(screen.getByRole('button', { name: 'Next findings' }))
+  await waitFor(() => {
+    expect(operationsApi.listFindings).toHaveBeenLastCalledWith('saved', { limit: 20, offset: 20, title: '' })
+  })
+
+  await user.type(screen.getByRole('textbox'), 'Proof')
+  await waitFor(() => {
+    expect(operationsApi.listFindings).toHaveBeenLastCalledWith('saved', { limit: 20, offset: 0, title: 'Proof' })
+  })
+  await user.click(screen.getByRole('button', { name: 'Next findings' }))
+  await waitFor(() => {
+    expect(operationsApi.listFindings).toHaveBeenLastCalledWith('saved', { limit: 20, offset: 20, title: 'Proof' })
+  })
+
+  await user.click(screen.getByRole('button', { name: 'Cancel' }))
+  await waitFor(() => { expect(screen.queryByRole('dialog')).not.toBeInTheDocument() })
+  await user.click(screen.getByRole('button', { name: 'Link to finding' }))
+  await screen.findByRole('radio')
+  expect(screen.getByRole('textbox')).toHaveValue('')
+  await waitFor(() => {
+    expect(operationsApi.listFindings).toHaveBeenLastCalledWith('saved', { limit: 20, offset: 0, title: '' })
+  })
+})
+
+it('restarts pagination when the picker reopens without a search', async () => {
+  const user = userEvent.setup()
+  ;(operationsApi.listFindings as jest.Mock).mockResolvedValue({
+    items: [FINDING], has_more: true, next_offset: 20,
+  })
+  renderDialog()
+  await waitFor(() => { expect(screen.getByRole('button', { name: 'Link to finding' })).toBeEnabled() })
+  await user.click(screen.getByRole('button', { name: 'Link to finding' }))
+  await screen.findByRole('radio')
+  await user.click(screen.getByRole('button', { name: 'Next findings' }))
+  await waitFor(() => {
+    expect(operationsApi.listFindings).toHaveBeenLastCalledWith('saved', { limit: 20, offset: 20, title: '' })
+  })
+
+  await user.click(screen.getByRole('button', { name: 'Cancel' }))
+  await waitFor(() => { expect(screen.queryByRole('dialog')).not.toBeInTheDocument() })
+  await user.click(screen.getByRole('button', { name: 'Link to finding' }))
+  await screen.findByRole('radio')
+  await waitFor(() => {
+    expect(operationsApi.listFindings).toHaveBeenLastCalledWith('saved', { limit: 20, offset: 0, title: '' })
+  })
+})
+
 it('drops the selection when the viewed attack changes while the picker is open', async () => {
   const user = userEvent.setup()
   const { rerender } = render(<FluentProvider theme={webLightTheme}><MemoryRouter>
diff --git a/frontend/src/components/Chat/FindingEvidenceDialog.tsx b/frontend/src/components/Chat/FindingEvidenceDialog.tsx
index a9ab5adcd3..dbb4b423df 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/Chat/FindingEvidenceDialog.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/components/Chat/FindingEvidenceDialog.tsx
@@ -60,10 +60,12 @@ export default function FindingEvidenceDialog({
   const newFindingRef = useRef<HTMLButtonElement>(null)
   const wasOpen = useRef(false)
   const wasCreating = useRef(false)
-  // Each opening starts without a previous selection or result.
+  // Each opening starts without a previous selection or result, and back at the
+  // first page of an unfiltered finding list, so a later opening never resumes
+  // the previous opening's pagination or search.
   if (open !== shownOpen) {
     setShownOpen(open)
-    if (open) { setPicked(null); setNotice(null); setAttachError('') }
+    if (open) { setPicked(null); setNotice(null); setAttachError(''); setOffset(0); setTitle('') }
   }
   // Evidence can come from any attack; the user picks whose findings to link, defaulting to the attack's own Operation.
   const operation = chosen?.key === viewKey ? chosen.operation