diff --git a/src/plugins/data/public/query/query_string/language_service/lib/query_result.tsx b/src/plugins/data/public/query/query_string/language_service/lib/query_result.tsx
index a843efcd3870..7174a9eae830 100644
--- a/src/plugins/data/public/query/query_string/language_service/lib/query_result.tsx
+++ b/src/plugins/data/public/query/query_string/language_service/lib/query_result.tsx
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ import React, { useEffect, useState } from 'react';
 export enum ResultStatus {
   UNINITIALIZED = 'uninitialized',
   LOADING = 'loading', // initial data load
+  LOADING_MORE = 'loading_more', // loading additional data while existing results are presents
   READY = 'ready', // results came back
   NO_RESULTS = 'none', // no results came back
   ERROR = 'error', // error occurred
@@ -59,23 +60,12 @@ export function QueryResult(props: { queryStatus: QueryStatus }) {
     };
   }, [props.queryStatus.startTime]);
 
-  if (elapsedTime > BUFFER_TIME) {
-    if (props.queryStatus.status === ResultStatus.LOADING) {
-      const time = Math.floor(elapsedTime / 1000);
-      return (
-        <EuiButtonEmpty
-          color="text"
-          size="xs"
-          onClick={() => {}}
-          isLoading
-          data-test-subj="queryResultLoading"
-        >
-          {i18n.translate('data.query.languageService.queryResults.loadTime', {
-            defaultMessage: 'Loading {time} s',
-            values: { time },
-          })}
-        </EuiButtonEmpty>
-      );
+  if (
+    props.queryStatus.status === ResultStatus.LOADING ||
+    props.queryStatus.status === ResultStatus.LOADING_MORE
+  ) {
+    if (elapsedTime < BUFFER_TIME) {
+      return null;
     }
     const time = Math.floor(elapsedTime / 1000);
     return (
diff --git a/src/plugins/data/public/ui/query_editor/editors/shared.tsx b/src/plugins/data/public/ui/query_editor/editors/shared.tsx
index 76ec959f7a4c..fb5df10c65c9 100644
--- a/src/plugins/data/public/ui/query_editor/editors/shared.tsx
+++ b/src/plugins/data/public/ui/query_editor/editors/shared.tsx
@@ -124,6 +124,7 @@ export const SingleLineInput: React.FC<SingleLineInputProps> = ({
             lineDecorationsWidth: 0,
             scrollbar: {
               vertical: 'hidden',
+              horizontalScrollbarSize: 1,
             },
             overviewRulerLanes: 0,
             hideCursorInOverviewRuler: true,
diff --git a/src/plugins/discover/public/application/view_components/utils/use_search.ts b/src/plugins/discover/public/application/view_components/utils/use_search.ts
index 7184bc3f1090..ee75169abe18 100644
--- a/src/plugins/discover/public/application/view_components/utils/use_search.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/discover/public/application/view_components/utils/use_search.ts
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ import { trackQueryMetric } from '../../../ui_metric';
 export enum ResultStatus {
   UNINITIALIZED = 'uninitialized',
   LOADING = 'loading', // initial data load
+  LOADING_MORE = 'loading_more', // loading additional data while existing results are present
   READY = 'ready', // results came back
   NO_RESULTS = 'none', // no results came back
   ERROR = 'error', // error occurred
@@ -150,6 +151,7 @@ export const useSearch = (services: DiscoverViewServices) => {
     if (!dataset) {
       data$.next({
         status: shouldSearchOnPageLoad() ? ResultStatus.LOADING : ResultStatus.UNINITIALIZED,
+        queryStatus: { startTime },
       });
       return;
     }
@@ -181,7 +183,9 @@ export const useSearch = (services: DiscoverViewServices) => {
     try {
       // Only show loading indicator if we are fetching when the rows are empty
       if (fetchStateRef.current.rows?.length === 0) {
-        data$.next({ status: ResultStatus.LOADING });
+        data$.next({ status: ResultStatus.LOADING, queryStatus: { startTime } });
+      } else {
+        data$.next({ status: ResultStatus.LOADING_MORE, queryStatus: { startTime } });
       }
 
       // Initialize inspect adapter for search source
@@ -293,6 +297,7 @@ export const useSearch = (services: DiscoverViewServices) => {
     toastNotifications,
     interval,
     data,
+    startTime,
     services,
     sort,
     savedSearch?.searchSource,