diff --git a/src/actions/actions.ts b/src/actions/actions.ts
index c46e7870198..20de0e9567c 100644
--- a/src/actions/actions.ts
+++ b/src/actions/actions.ts
@@ -1548,6 +1548,9 @@ class CommandStar extends BaseCommand {
       vimState.cursorPosition = vimState.searchState.getNextSearchMatchPosition(vimState.cursorPosition).pos;
     } while (TextEditor.getWord(vimState.cursorPosition) !== currentWord);
 
+    // Turn one of the highlighting flags back on (turned off with :nohl)
+    Configuration.hl = true;
+
     return vimState;
   }
 }
@@ -1574,6 +1577,9 @@ class CommandHash extends BaseCommand {
       vimState.cursorPosition = vimState.searchState.getNextSearchMatchPosition(vimState.cursorPosition.getWordLeft(true)).pos;
     } while (TextEditor.getWord(vimState.cursorPosition) !== currentWord);
 
+    // Turn one of the highlighting flags back on (turned off with :nohl)
+    Configuration.hl = true;
+
     return vimState;
   }
 }