diff --git a/lib/identity-search/identity-search-context.js b/lib/identity-search/identity-search-context.js
--- a/lib/identity-search/identity-search-context.js
+++ b/lib/identity-search/identity-search-context.js
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@
   identitySearchMessageToServerTypes,
   identitySearchMessageToClientValidator,
 } from '../types/identity-search/messages.js';
-import { identitySearchMessageToServerTypes } from '../types/identity-search/messages.js';
 import {
   type SearchQuery,
   type Prefix,
diff --git a/lib/shared/search-utils.js b/lib/shared/search-utils.js
--- a/lib/shared/search-utils.js
+++ b/lib/shared/search-utils.js
@@ -19,12 +19,14 @@
 } from '../actions/user-actions.js';
 import { ENSCacheContext } from '../components/ens-cache-provider.react.js';
 import genesis from '../facts/genesis.js';
+import { useIdentitySearch } from '../identity-search/identity-search-context.js';
 import type {
   ChatMessageInfoItem,
   MessageListData,
 } from '../selectors/chat-selectors.js';
 import { useUserSearchIndex } from '../selectors/nav-selectors.js';
 import { relationshipBlockedInEitherDirection } from '../shared/relationship-utils.js';
+import type { User } from '../types/identity-search/search-response-types.js';
 import type { MessageInfo, RawMessageInfo } from '../types/message-types.js';
 import type { ThreadInfo } from '../types/minimally-encoded-thread-permissions-types.js';
 import { userRelationshipStatus } from '../types/relationship-types.js';
@@ -369,6 +371,42 @@
   return usernameToSearch;
 }
 
+function useSearchIdentityUsers(
+  usernameInputText: string,
+): $ReadOnlyArray<User> {
+  const currentUserID = useSelector(
+    state => state.currentUserInfo && state.currentUserInfo.id,
+  );
+
+  const { sendPrefixQuery } = useIdentitySearch();
+  const [searchResults, setSearchResults] = React.useState(
+    ([]: $ReadOnlyArray<User>),
+  );
+
+  const forwardLookupSearchText = useForwardLookupSearchText(usernameInputText);
+
+  React.useEffect(() => {
+    if (forwardLookupSearchText.length === 0) {
+      setSearchResults([]);
+      return;
+    }
+
+    void (async () => {
+      try {
+        const result = await sendPrefixQuery(forwardLookupSearchText);
+        setSearchResults(
+          result.filter(({ userID }) => userID !== currentUserID),
+        );
+      } catch (err) {
+        console.error(err);
+        setSearchResults([]);
+      }
+    })();
+  }, [currentUserID, forwardLookupSearchText, sendPrefixQuery]);
+
+  return searchResults;
+}
+
 function useSearchUsers(
   usernameInputText: string,
 ): $ReadOnlyArray<GlobalAccountUserInfo> {
@@ -446,6 +484,7 @@
   notFriendNotice,
   useSearchMessages,
   useSearchUsers,
+  useSearchIdentityUsers,
   filterChatMessageInfosForSearch,
   useForwardLookupSearchText,
 };