diff --git a/site/search/Search.scss b/site/search/Search.scss
index 1c2f1454fb9..149d4760cb7 100644
--- a/site/search/Search.scss
+++ b/site/search/Search.scss
@@ -320,6 +320,25 @@
     }
 }
 
+.search-results__chart-hit-entities {
+    display: flex;
+    flex-wrap: wrap;
+    gap: 4px;
+    list-style: none;
+    font-size: 0.7em;
+
+    li {
+        background-color: $blue-10;
+        padding: 4px 8px;
+        border-radius: 12px;
+        color: $blue-90;
+
+        svg {
+            margin-right: 4px;
+        }
+    }
+}
+
 /*
 *  Tabs / Filtering
 **/
diff --git a/site/search/SearchPanel.tsx b/site/search/SearchPanel.tsx
index 1482fe17ec5..27e9088e518 100644
--- a/site/search/SearchPanel.tsx
+++ b/site/search/SearchPanel.tsx
@@ -1,11 +1,13 @@
 import ReactDOM from "react-dom"
-import React, { useCallback, useEffect, useState } from "react"
+import React, { useCallback, useEffect, useMemo, useState } from "react"
 import cx from "classnames"
 import {
     keyBy,
     getWindowQueryParams,
     get,
     mapValues,
+    EntityName,
+    Url,
 } from "@ourworldindata/utils"
 import {
     InstantSearch,
@@ -38,7 +40,11 @@ import {
 } from "./searchTypes.js"
 import { EXPLORERS_ROUTE_FOLDER } from "../../explorer/ExplorerConstants.js"
 import { FontAwesomeIcon } from "@fortawesome/react-fontawesome/index.js"
-import { faHeartBroken, faSearch } from "@fortawesome/free-solid-svg-icons"
+import {
+    faHeartBroken,
+    faLocationDot,
+    faSearch,
+} from "@fortawesome/free-solid-svg-icons"
 import {
     DEFAULT_SEARCH_PLACEHOLDER,
     getIndexName,
@@ -51,7 +57,9 @@ import {
 import {
     DEFAULT_GRAPHER_HEIGHT,
     DEFAULT_GRAPHER_WIDTH,
+    setSelectedEntityNamesParam,
 } from "@ourworldindata/grapher"
+import { pickEntitiesForChartHit } from "./SearchUtils.js"
 
 function PagesHit({ hit }: { hit: IPageHit }) {
     return (
@@ -80,13 +88,43 @@ function PagesHit({ hit }: { hit: IPageHit }) {
     )
 }
 
+const getChartQueryStr = (slug: string, entities: EntityName[]) => {
+    if (entities.length === 0) return ""
+    else {
+        return setSelectedEntityNamesParam(
+            Url.fromQueryParams({
+                tab: "chart",
+            }),
+            entities
+        ).queryStr
+    }
+}
+
 function ChartHit({ hit }: { hit: IChartHit }) {
     const [imgLoaded, setImgLoaded] = useState(false)
     const [imgError, setImgError] = useState(false)
 
+    const entities = useMemo(
+        () => pickEntitiesForChartHit(hit),
+        // eslint-disable-next-line react-hooks/exhaustive-deps
+        [hit._highlightResult?.availableEntities]
+    )
+    const queryStr = useMemo(
+        () => getChartQueryStr(hit.slug, entities),
+        [hit.slug, entities]
+    )
+    const previewUrl = queryStr
+        ? `/grapher/thumbnail/${hit.slug}${queryStr}`
+        : `${BAKED_GRAPHER_URL}/exports/${hit.slug}.svg`
+
+    useEffect(() => {
+        setImgLoaded(false)
+        setImgError(false)
+    }, [previewUrl])
+
     return (
         <a
-            href={`${BAKED_GRAPHER_URL}/${hit.slug}`}
+            href={`${BAKED_GRAPHER_URL}/${hit.slug}${queryStr}`}
             data-algolia-index={getIndexName(SearchIndexName.Charts)}
             data-algolia-object-id={hit.objectID}
             data-algolia-position={hit.__position}
@@ -99,11 +137,12 @@ function ChartHit({ hit }: { hit: IChartHit }) {
                     </div>
                 )}
                 <img
+                    key={previewUrl}
                     className={cx({ loaded: imgLoaded, error: imgError })}
                     loading="lazy"
                     width={DEFAULT_GRAPHER_WIDTH}
                     height={DEFAULT_GRAPHER_HEIGHT}
-                    src={`${BAKED_GRAPHER_URL}/exports/${hit.slug}.svg`}
+                    src={previewUrl}
                     onLoad={() => setImgLoaded(true)}
                     onError={() => setImgError(true)}
                 />
@@ -117,6 +156,16 @@ function ChartHit({ hit }: { hit: IChartHit }) {
             <span className="search-results__chart-hit-variant">
                 {hit.variantName}
             </span>
+            {entities.length > 0 && (
+                <ul className="search-results__chart-hit-entities">
+                    {entities.map((entity) => (
+                        <li key={entity}>
+                            <FontAwesomeIcon icon={faLocationDot} />
+                            {entity}
+                        </li>
+                    ))}
+                </ul>
+            )}
         </a>
     )
 }
diff --git a/site/search/SearchUtils.tsx b/site/search/SearchUtils.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..bab1a842d09
--- /dev/null
+++ b/site/search/SearchUtils.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+import { HitAttributeHighlightResult } from "instantsearch.js/es/types/results.js"
+import { IChartHit } from "./searchTypes.js"
+import { EntityName } from "@ourworldindata/types"
+
+const removeHighlightTags = (text: string) =>
+    text.replace(/<\/?(mark|strong)>/g, "")
+
+export function pickEntitiesForChartHit(hit: IChartHit): EntityName[] {
+    const availableEntitiesHighlighted = hit._highlightResult
+        ?.availableEntities as HitAttributeHighlightResult[] | undefined
+
+    const pickedEntities = availableEntitiesHighlighted
+        ?.filter((highlightEntry) => {
+            // Keep the highlight if it is fully highlighted
+            if (highlightEntry.fullyHighlighted) return true
+            if (highlightEntry.matchLevel === "none") return false
+
+            // Remove any trailing parentheses, e.g. "Africa (UN)" -> "Africa"
+            const withoutTrailingParens = removeHighlightTags(
+                highlightEntry.value
+            ).replace(/\s?\(.*\)$/, "")
+
+            const matchedWordsLowerCase = highlightEntry.matchedWords.map(
+                (mw) => mw.toLowerCase()
+            )
+
+            // Keep the highlight if every word (except for trailing parens) is fully highlighted
+            // This will also highlight "Central African Republic" when searching for "african central republic",
+            // but that's probably okay
+            return withoutTrailingParens
+                .toLowerCase()
+                .split(" ")
+                .every((w) => matchedWordsLowerCase.includes(w))
+        })
+        .map((highlightEntry) => removeHighlightTags(highlightEntry.value))
+
+    return pickedEntities ?? []
+}