diff --git a/earthaccess/search.py b/earthaccess/search.py
index 0ed3b61d..8392ca51 100644
--- a/earthaccess/search.py
+++ b/earthaccess/search.py
@@ -238,7 +238,10 @@ def get(self, limit: int = 2000) -> list:
             try:
                 response.raise_for_status()
             except exceptions.HTTPError as ex:
-                raise RuntimeError(ex.response.text)
+                if ex.response is not None:
+                    raise RuntimeError(ex.response.text) from ex
+                else:
+                    raise RuntimeError(str(ex)) from ex
 
             if self._format == "json":
                 latest = response.json()["feed"]["entry"]
@@ -333,7 +336,10 @@ def hits(self) -> int:
         try:
             response.raise_for_status()
         except exceptions.HTTPError as ex:
-            raise RuntimeError(ex.response.text)
+            if ex.response is not None:
+                raise RuntimeError(ex.response.text) from ex
+            else:
+                raise RuntimeError(str(ex)) from ex
 
         return int(response.headers["CMR-Hits"])
 
@@ -561,7 +567,10 @@ def get(self, limit: int = 2000) -> list:
             try:
                 response.raise_for_status()
             except exceptions.HTTPError as ex:
-                raise RuntimeError(ex.response.text)
+                if ex.response is not None:
+                    raise RuntimeError(ex.response.text) from ex
+                else:
+                    raise RuntimeError(str(ex)) from ex
 
             if self._format == "json":
                 latest = response.json()["feed"]["entry"]
diff --git a/poetry.lock b/poetry.lock
index f33eef26..570b5560 100644
--- a/poetry.lock
+++ b/poetry.lock
@@ -4968,4 +4968,4 @@ kerchunk = ["dask", "kerchunk"]
 [metadata]
 lock-version = "2.0"
 python-versions = ">=3.8,<4.0"
-content-hash = "8c6dfb95442e8a609cae73163a9ff06ba02cb2971da057703c348c5844b5b9f9"
+content-hash = "0d6e2ea41a87545f783db799a6aeccca342298b1e4e5a704e3e0aaeb6ab14ea3"