diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/ml/server/models/data_recognizer/data_recognizer.ts b/x-pack/plugins/ml/server/models/data_recognizer/data_recognizer.ts
index 1cd9aae79777b..9e02a93a3c0f1 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/ml/server/models/data_recognizer/data_recognizer.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/ml/server/models/data_recognizer/data_recognizer.ts
@@ -293,6 +293,8 @@ export class DataRecognizer {
       index,
       size,
       body: searchBody,
+      // Ignored indices that are frozen
+      ignore_throttled: true,
     });
 
     // @ts-expect-error incorrect search response type