diff --git a/src/background-script/setup.ts b/src/background-script/setup.ts
index e22a795a38..9f6fd6aea7 100644
--- a/src/background-script/setup.ts
+++ b/src/background-script/setup.ts
@@ -61,8 +61,8 @@ import ActivityIndicatorBackground from 'src/activity-indicator/background'
 import SummarizeBackground from 'src/summarization-llm/background'
 import ActivityStreamsBackground from 'src/activity-streams/background'
 import { SyncSettingsBackground } from 'src/sync-settings/background'
-import { AuthServices, Services } from 'src/services/types'
-import { captureException } from 'src/util/raven'
+import type { AuthServices, Services } from 'src/services/types'
+import type { captureException } from 'src/util/raven'
 import { PDFBackground } from 'src/pdf/background'
 // import { FirebaseUserMessageService } from '@worldbrain/memex-common/lib/user-messages/service/firebase'
 // import { UserMessageService } from '@worldbrain/memex-common/lib/user-messages/service/types'
@@ -285,9 +285,10 @@ export function createBackgroundModules(options: {
     })
 
     const search = new SearchBackground({
-        storageManager,
         pages,
         analyticsBG,
+        storageManager,
+        captureException: options.captureException,
     })
 
     const tags = new TagsBackground({
diff --git a/src/search/background/index.ts b/src/search/background/index.ts
index 918b50cb26..1b10b5629d 100644
--- a/src/search/background/index.ts
+++ b/src/search/background/index.ts
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ import { PDF_PAGE_URL_PREFIX } from '@worldbrain/memex-common/lib/page-indexing/
 import { EVENT_PROVIDER_URLS } from '@worldbrain/memex-common/lib/constants'
 import { TWITTER_URLS } from '@worldbrain/memex-common/lib/twitter-integration/constants'
 import { normalizeUrl } from '@worldbrain/memex-common/lib/url-utils/normalize'
+import type { captureException } from 'src/util/raven'
 
 export default class SearchBackground {
     storage: SearchStorage
@@ -103,6 +104,7 @@ export default class SearchBackground {
             storageManager: Storex
             pages: PageIndexingBackground
             analyticsBG: AnalyticsCoreInterface
+            captureException: typeof captureException
         },
     ) {
         this.storage = new SearchStorage({
@@ -520,11 +522,30 @@ export default class SearchBackground {
             .table<Annotation>('annotations')
             .bulkGet([...validAnnotIds])
 
+        let anyNonExistentAnnot = false
         // Add in all the annotations to the results
         const annotsByPage = groupBy(
-            [...autoSharedAnnots, ...selectivelySharedAnnots],
+            [...autoSharedAnnots, ...selectivelySharedAnnots]
+                // Sometimes annotListEntries can refer to annotations that were deleted due to old buggy delete logic
+                .filter((annot) => {
+                    let annotExists = annot != null
+                    if (annotExists) {
+                        anyNonExistentAnnot = true
+                    }
+                    return annotExists
+                }),
             (a) => a.pageUrl,
         )
+
+        // Log it in sentry so we get an idea of how many times users have this case
+        if (anyNonExistentAnnot) {
+            this.options.captureException(
+                new Error(
+                    `OwnError: Encountered annotListEntry referencing non-existent annotation`,
+                ),
+            )
+        }
+
         for (const [pageId, annots] of Object.entries(annotsByPage)) {
             const descOrderedAnnots = annots.sort(
                 (a, b) => b.lastEdited.valueOf() - a.lastEdited.valueOf(),