diff --git a/web/src/search.ts b/web/src/search.ts
index 2c6f1733f6..e64dbebd10 100644
--- a/web/src/search.ts
+++ b/web/src/search.ts
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ export function initialize({on_narrow_search}: {on_narrow_search: OnNarrowSearch
     // (It's a bit of legacy that we have an object with only one important
     // field.  There's also a "search_string" field on each element that actually
     // just represents the key of the hash, so it's redundant.)
-    let search_map = new Map();
+    let search_map = new Map<string, search_suggestion.Suggestion>();
 
     const bootstrap_typeahead_input: TypeaheadInputElement = {
         $element: $search_query_box,
diff --git a/web/src/search_suggestion.ts b/web/src/search_suggestion.ts
index c0fdea5a3e..83100df3cd 100644
--- a/web/src/search_suggestion.ts
+++ b/web/src/search_suggestion.ts
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ type UserPillItem = {
 
 type TermPattern = Omit<NarrowTerm, "operand"> & Partial<Pick<NarrowTerm, "operand">>;
 
-type Suggestion = {
+export type Suggestion = {
     description_html: string;
     search_string: string;
     is_person?: boolean;