diff --git a/backend/onyx/agents/agent_search/deep_search_a/initial_search_sq_subgraph/nodes/generate_initial_answer.py b/backend/onyx/agents/agent_search/deep_search_a/initial_search_sq_subgraph/nodes/generate_initial_answer.py
index 38f10f79f..d40829142 100644
--- a/backend/onyx/agents/agent_search/deep_search_a/initial_search_sq_subgraph/nodes/generate_initial_answer.py
+++ b/backend/onyx/agents/agent_search/deep_search_a/initial_search_sq_subgraph/nodes/generate_initial_answer.py
@@ -79,6 +79,28 @@ def generate_initial_answer(
     )
     decomp_questions = []
 
+    # Use the query info from the base document retrieval
+    query_info = get_query_info(state.original_question_retrieval_results)
+    if agent_a_config.search_tool is None:
+        raise ValueError("search_tool must be provided for agentic search")
+    for tool_response in yield_search_responses(
+        query=question,
+        reranked_sections=relevant_docs,
+        final_context_sections=relevant_docs,
+        search_query_info=query_info,
+        get_section_relevance=lambda: None,  # TODO: add relevance
+        search_tool=agent_a_config.search_tool,
+    ):
+        dispatch_custom_event(
+            "tool_response",
+            ExtendedToolResponse(
+                id=tool_response.id,
+                response=tool_response.response,
+                level=0,
+                level_question_nr=0,  # 0, 0 is the base question
+            ),
+        )
+
     if len(relevant_docs) == 0:
         dispatch_custom_event(
             "initial_agent_answer",
@@ -99,28 +121,6 @@ def generate_initial_answer(
         )
 
     else:
-        # Use the query info from the base document retrieval
-        query_info = get_query_info(state.original_question_retrieval_results)
-        if agent_a_config.search_tool is None:
-            raise ValueError("search_tool must be provided for agentic search")
-        for tool_response in yield_search_responses(
-            query=question,
-            reranked_sections=relevant_docs,
-            final_context_sections=relevant_docs,
-            search_query_info=query_info,
-            get_section_relevance=lambda: None,  # TODO: add relevance
-            search_tool=agent_a_config.search_tool,
-        ):
-            dispatch_custom_event(
-                "tool_response",
-                ExtendedToolResponse(
-                    id=tool_response.id,
-                    response=tool_response.response,
-                    level=0,
-                    level_question_nr=0,  # 0, 0 is the base question
-                ),
-            )
-
         net_new_original_question_docs = []
         for all_original_question_doc in all_original_question_documents:
             if all_original_question_doc not in sub_question_docs: