diff --git a/src/engine/dispatch.rs b/src/engine/dispatch.rs
index 5dd8140..3ad9f71 100644
--- a/src/engine/dispatch.rs
+++ b/src/engine/dispatch.rs
@@ -105,7 +105,11 @@ impl Engine {
         // Announce whatever this command changed to the staff audit channel.
         out.extend(self.audit_feed(audit_mark, &nick, account.as_deref()));
         for (cat, text) in alerts {
-            if let Some(line) = self.feed(&cat, format!("{} {text}", self.who(from))) {
+            let full = format!("{} {text}", self.who(from));
+            // Record to the searchable incident log (OperServ LOGSEARCH) and announce.
+            let now = self.now_secs();
+            self.network.record_incident(format!("[{cat}] {full}"), now);
+            if let Some(line) = self.feed(&cat, full) {
                 out.push(line);
             }
         }
diff --git a/src/engine/tests.rs b/src/engine/tests.rs
index a81dea5..59f12d5 100644
--- a/src/engine/tests.rs
+++ b/src/engine/tests.rs
@@ -5552,6 +5552,8 @@ fn confusable_register_alerts_the_staff_feed() {
             if from == "42SAAAAAO" && to == "#services" && text.contains("[REGISTER]") && text.contains("boss") && text.contains("look-alike"))),
         "staff feed alert: {out:?}"
     );
+    // ...and it's recorded to the searchable incident log (OperServ LOGSEARCH).
+    assert!(!e.network.search_incidents("look-alike", 10).is_empty(), "recorded for LOGSEARCH");
 }
 
 // Perf harness — not part of the normal suite. Run: