diff --git a/build/office-suite/scripts/office_search_open_smoke.sh b/build/office-suite/scripts/office_search_open_smoke.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fbf9594
--- /dev/null
+++ b/build/office-suite/scripts/office_search_open_smoke.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+set -euo pipefail
+
+ROOT="$(cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")/../../.." && pwd)"
+TMPDIR="$(mktemp -d)"
+trap 'rm -rf "$TMPDIR"' EXIT
+
+TEST_DOC="$TMPDIR/demo.txt"
+echo "SourceOS office search open smoke" > "$TEST_DOC"
+
+# Simulate a direct search result path by shadowing the handoff helper output.
+SEARCH_HELPER="$ROOT/build/office-suite/scripts/office_search_handoff.sh"
+BACKUP="$TMPDIR/original_search_handoff.sh"
+cp "$SEARCH_HELPER" "$BACKUP"
+cat > "$SEARCH_HELPER" <<EOF
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+set -euo pipefail
+echo "$TEST_DOC"
+EOF
+chmod +x "$SEARCH_HELPER"
+trap 'cp "$BACKUP" "$SEARCH_HELPER"; chmod +x "$SEARCH_HELPER"; rm -rf "$TMPDIR"' EXIT
+
+OUT="$($ROOT/build/office-suite/scripts/office_search_open.sh "demo" 2>/dev/null || true)"
+
+if [[ -n "$OUT" && "$OUT" != "$TEST_DOC" && "$OUT" != http://* && "$OUT" != https://* ]]; then
+  echo "unexpected search open smoke output" >&2
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+echo "office search open smoke passed"
diff --git a/build/office-suite/scripts/verify_office_suite_profile.sh b/build/office-suite/scripts/verify_office_suite_profile.sh
index ed01207..6c26ad1 100644
--- a/build/office-suite/scripts/verify_office_suite_profile.sh
+++ b/build/office-suite/scripts/verify_office_suite_profile.sh
@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@ require_file "build/office-suite/scripts/office_open.sh"
 require_file "build/office-suite/scripts/office_open_smoke.sh"
 require_file "build/office-suite/scripts/office_extract_smoke.sh"
 require_file "build/office-suite/scripts/office_search_handoff.sh"
+require_file "build/office-suite/scripts/office_search_open.sh"
+require_file "build/office-suite/scripts/office_search_open_smoke.sh"
 
 if [[ $FAIL -ne 0 ]]; then
   echo "office suite profile verification failed" >&2