diff --git a/x-pack/platform/plugins/shared/observability_ai_assistant/server/functions/get_dataset_info/index.ts b/x-pack/platform/plugins/shared/observability_ai_assistant/server/functions/get_dataset_info/index.ts
index 3820702a87df5..56a12bfaf1fcf 100644
--- a/x-pack/platform/plugins/shared/observability_ai_assistant/server/functions/get_dataset_info/index.ts
+++ b/x-pack/platform/plugins/shared/observability_ai_assistant/server/functions/get_dataset_info/index.ts
@@ -103,8 +103,8 @@ async function getIndicesFromIndexPattern(
         return `${cluster}:*${p}*`;
       }
 
-      // search across all clusters
-      return [`*:*${pattern}*`, `*${pattern}*`];
+      // search across local and remote clusters
+      return [`*${pattern}*`, `*:*${pattern}*`];
     });
   }