diff --git a/src/lib/moduleExec.spec.ts b/src/lib/moduleExec.spec.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..8f2f6fd3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/lib/moduleExec.spec.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+import search from '../modules/search';
+const { InvalidOptionsError } = require('./errors');
+import moduleExec from './moduleExec';
+
+import _env from '../env-node';
+import _fetch from './yahooFinanceFetch';
+import _moduleExec from './moduleExec';
+
+const yf = {
+  _env,
+  _fetch,
+  _opts: { validation: { logErrors: true }},
+  _moduleExec,
+  search
+};
+
+describe('moduleExec', () => {
+
+  describe('result validation', () => {
+
+    it('throws on unexpected input', async () => {
+      yf._opts.validation.logErrors = false;
+      await expect(yf.search('AAPL', {}, { devel: 'search-fakeBadResult.json' }))
+        .rejects.toThrow(/Failed Yahoo Schema/)
+      yf._opts.validation.logErrors = true;
+    });
+
+    it('dont throw or log on unexpected input with {validateResult: false}', async () => {
+      yf._opts.validation.logErrors = true;
+      const realConsole = console;
+      const fakeConsole = { error: jest.fn(), log: jest.fn(), dir: jest.fn() };
+
+      /* @ts-ignore */
+      console = fakeConsole;
+      await expect(yf.search('AAPL', {}, {
+        devel: 'search-fakeBadResult.json',
+        validateResult: false
+      })).resolves.toBeDefined();
+      console = realConsole;
+
+      expect(fakeConsole.log).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+      expect(fakeConsole.error).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+      expect(fakeConsole.dir).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+    });
+
+  });
+
+});
diff --git a/src/lib/moduleExec.ts b/src/lib/moduleExec.ts
index 1ff47159..5e00d136 100644
--- a/src/lib/moduleExec.ts
+++ b/src/lib/moduleExec.ts
@@ -128,6 +128,16 @@ export default async function moduleExec(this: ThisWithFetch, opts: ModuleExecOp
   if (opts.result.transformWith)
     result = opts.result.transformWith(result);
 
+  const validateResult = !moduleOpts
+    || moduleOpts.validateResult === undefined
+    || moduleOpts.validateResult === true;
+
+  const validationOpts = {
+    ...this._opts?.validation,
+    // Set logErrors=false if validateResult=false
+    logErrors: validateResult ? this._opts?.validation?.logErrors : false,
+  };
+
   /*
    * Validate the returned result (after transforming, above) and coerce types.
    *
@@ -146,9 +156,9 @@ export default async function moduleExec(this: ThisWithFetch, opts: ModuleExecOp
    * database, etc.  Otherwise you'll receive an error.
    */
   try {
-    validateAndCoerceTypes(result, opts.result.schemaKey, undefined, this._opts?.validation);
+    validateAndCoerceTypes(result, opts.result.schemaKey, undefined, validationOpts);
   } catch (error) {
-    if (!moduleOpts || moduleOpts.validateResult === undefined || moduleOpts.validateResult === true)
+    if (validateResult)
       throw error;
   }
 
diff --git a/src/modules/search.spec.ts b/src/modules/search.spec.ts
index 7cf4ac35..64f781e6 100644
--- a/src/modules/search.spec.ts
+++ b/src/modules/search.spec.ts
@@ -43,13 +43,4 @@ describe('search', () => {
     yf._opts.validation.logErrors = true;
   });
 
-  it('does not throw on unexpected input if called with {validateResult: false}', async () => {
-    yf._opts.validation.logErrors = false;
-    await expect(yf.search('AAPL', {}, {
-      devel: 'search-fakeBadResult.json',
-      validateResult: false
-    })).resolves.toBeDefined();
-    yf._opts.validation.logErrors = true;
-  });
-
 });