diff --git a/module/VuFind/src/VuFind/Controller/SearchController.php b/module/VuFind/src/VuFind/Controller/SearchController.php
index 2a1a2c9848e..af48dbffca3 100644
--- a/module/VuFind/src/VuFind/Controller/SearchController.php
+++ b/module/VuFind/src/VuFind/Controller/SearchController.php
@@ -297,6 +297,10 @@ public function newitemresultsAction()
             $this->getRequest()->getQuery()->set('hiddenFilters', $hiddenFilters);
         }
 
+        // Flag this as a specialized search to avoid bleeding defaults into the
+        // standard search box:
+        $this->getRequest()->getQuery()->set('specializedSearch', true);
+
         // Don't save to history or memory -- history page doesn't handle correctly
         // and we don't want hidden filters bleeding to weird places:
         $this->saveToHistory = false;
diff --git a/module/VuFind/src/VuFind/Search/Base/Params.php b/module/VuFind/src/VuFind/Search/Base/Params.php
index a8c35427d4e..c8f58601ce4 100644
--- a/module/VuFind/src/VuFind/Search/Base/Params.php
+++ b/module/VuFind/src/VuFind/Search/Base/Params.php
@@ -241,6 +241,14 @@ class Params
      */
     protected $queryAdapterClass = QueryAdapter::class;
 
+    /**
+     * Is this a specialized search (i.e. a customized scenario like new items,
+     * rather than a "normal" backend search)?
+     *
+     * @var bool
+     */
+    protected $isSpecializedSearch = false;
+
     /**
      * Constructor
      *
@@ -369,6 +377,7 @@ public function initFromRequest($request)
         $this->initSort($request);
         $this->initFilters($request);
         $this->initHiddenFilters($request);
+        $this->isSpecializedSearch = $request->get('specializedSearch', false);
     }
 
     /**
@@ -2102,4 +2111,15 @@ public function supportsFacetFiltering($facet)
         $translatedFacets = $this->getOptions()->getTranslatedFacets();
         return method_exists($this, 'setFacetContains') && !in_array($facet, $translatedFacets);
     }
+
+    /**
+     * Is this a specialized search (i.e. a customized scenario like new items,
+     * rather than a "normal" backend search)?
+     *
+     * @var bool
+     */
+    public function isSpecializedSearch(): bool
+    {
+        return $this->isSpecializedSearch;
+    }
 }
diff --git a/themes/bootstrap3/templates/search/searchbox.phtml b/themes/bootstrap3/templates/search/searchbox.phtml
index 9e87599df7e..ae7c9763217 100644
--- a/themes/bootstrap3/templates/search/searchbox.phtml
+++ b/themes/bootstrap3/templates/search/searchbox.phtml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
         ?? 'Solr';
     }
     // Initialize from current search if eligible, defaults otherwise:
-    if (isset($params) && $this->searchClassId === $params->getSearchClassId()) {
+    if (isset($params) && $this->searchClassId === $params->getSearchClassId() && !$params->isSpecializedSearch()) {
       $hiddenFilters = $params->getHiddenFilters();
       $lastSort = $params->getSort();
       $lastLimit = $params->getLimit();
diff --git a/themes/bootstrap5/templates/search/searchbox.phtml b/themes/bootstrap5/templates/search/searchbox.phtml
index 5ee2ac26067..4f2278a2aba 100644
--- a/themes/bootstrap5/templates/search/searchbox.phtml
+++ b/themes/bootstrap5/templates/search/searchbox.phtml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
         ?? 'Solr';
     }
     // Initialize from current search if eligible, defaults otherwise:
-    if (isset($params) && $this->searchClassId === $params->getSearchClassId()) {
+    if (isset($params) && $this->searchClassId === $params->getSearchClassId() && !$params->isSpecializedSearch()) {
       $hiddenFilters = $params->getHiddenFilters();
       $lastSort = $params->getSort();
       $lastLimit = $params->getLimit();