diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/ml/public/application/components/messagebar/messagebar_service.js b/x-pack/plugins/ml/public/application/components/messagebar/messagebar_service.js
index d79fe14cbac4e..1dc7140bd2687 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/ml/public/application/components/messagebar/messagebar_service.js
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/ml/public/application/components/messagebar/messagebar_service.js
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ function errorNotify(text, resp) {
   const toastNotifications = getToastNotifications();
   toastNotifications.addError(new MLRequestFailure(err, resp), {
     title: i18n.translate('xpack.ml.messagebarService.errorTitle', {
-      defaultMessage: 'An error has ocurred',
+      defaultMessage: 'An error has occurred',
     }),
   });
 }
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/ml/public/application/contexts/kibana/index.ts b/x-pack/plugins/ml/public/application/contexts/kibana/index.ts
index 2add1b6ea161c..0f071a42a5688 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/ml/public/application/contexts/kibana/index.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/ml/public/application/contexts/kibana/index.ts
@@ -7,3 +7,4 @@
 export { useMlKibana, StartServices, MlKibanaReactContextValue } from './kibana_context';
 export { useUiSettings } from './use_ui_settings_context';
 export { useTimefilter } from './use_timefilter';
+export { useNotifications } from './use_notifications_context';
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/ml/public/application/contexts/kibana/use_notifications_context.ts b/x-pack/plugins/ml/public/application/contexts/kibana/use_notifications_context.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..a03d9da49f365
--- /dev/null
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/ml/public/application/contexts/kibana/use_notifications_context.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright Elasticsearch B.V. and/or licensed to Elasticsearch B.V. under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements. Licensed under the Elastic License;
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the Elastic License.
+ */
+
+import { useMlKibana } from './kibana_context';
+
+export const useNotifications = () => {
+  return useMlKibana().services.notifications;
+};
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/ml/public/application/routing/use_resolver.ts b/x-pack/plugins/ml/public/application/routing/use_resolver.ts
index 6df7eee3d64a6..8e94f8d77fbb2 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/ml/public/application/routing/use_resolver.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/ml/public/application/routing/use_resolver.ts
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 
 import { useEffect, useState } from 'react';
 import { IUiSettingsClient } from 'kibana/public';
+import { i18n } from '@kbn/i18n';
 import {
   getIndexPatternById,
   getIndexPatternsContract,
@@ -14,6 +15,7 @@ import {
 import { createSearchItems } from '../jobs/new_job/utils/new_job_utils';
 import { ResolverResults, Resolvers } from './resolvers';
 import { MlContextValue } from '../contexts/ml';
+import { useNotifications } from '../contexts/kibana';
 
 export const useResolver = (
   indexPatternId: string | undefined,
@@ -21,6 +23,8 @@ export const useResolver = (
   config: IUiSettingsClient,
   resolvers: Resolvers
 ): { context: MlContextValue; results: ResolverResults } => {
+  const notifications = useNotifications();
+
   const funcNames = Object.keys(resolvers); // Object.entries gets this wrong?!
   const funcs = Object.values(resolvers); // Object.entries gets this wrong?!
   const tempResults = funcNames.reduce((p, c) => {
@@ -37,8 +41,14 @@ export const useResolver = (
         const res = await Promise.all(funcs.map(r => r()));
         res.forEach((r, i) => (tempResults[funcNames[i]] = r));
         setResults(tempResults);
+      } catch (error) {
+        // quietly fail. Errors being thrown here are expected as a way to handle privilege or license check failures.
+        // The user will be redirected by the failed resolver.
+        return;
+      }
 
-        if (indexPatternId !== undefined || savedSearchId !== undefined) {
+      if (indexPatternId !== undefined || savedSearchId !== undefined) {
+        try {
           // note, currently we're using our own kibana context that requires a current index pattern to be set
           // this means, if the page uses this context, useResolver must be passed a string for the index pattern id
           // and loadIndexPatterns must be part of the resolvers.
@@ -56,11 +66,17 @@ export const useResolver = (
             indexPatterns: getIndexPatternsContract()!,
             kibanaConfig: config,
           });
-        } else {
-          setContext({});
+        } catch (error) {
+          // an unexpected error has occurred. This could be caused by an incorrect index pattern or saved search ID
+          notifications.toasts.addError(new Error(error), {
+            title: i18n.translate('xpack.ml.useResolver.errorTitle', {
+              defaultMessage: 'An error has occurred',
+            }),
+          });
+          window.location.href = '#/';
         }
-      } catch (error) {
-        // quietly fail. Let the resolvers handle the redirection if any fail to resolve
+      } else {
+        setContext({});
       }
     })();
   }, []);