diff --git a/app/controllers/groups/samples_controller.rb b/app/controllers/groups/samples_controller.rb
index a57127321b..d005e3c087 100644
--- a/app/controllers/groups/samples_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/groups/samples_controller.rb
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ class SamplesController < Groups::ApplicationController
 
     def index
       @timestamp = DateTime.current
-      @pagy, @samples = pagy_searchkick(@query.searchkick_pagy_results, limit: params[:limit] || 20)
+      @pagy, @samples = pagy_searchkick(@query.results(:searchkick_pagy), limit: params[:limit] || 20)
       @has_samples = authorized_samples.count.positive?
     end
 
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ def select
       respond_to do |format|
         format.turbo_stream do
           if params[:select].present?
-            @sample_ids = @query.searchkick_results
+            @sample_ids = @query.results(:searchkick)
                                 .where(updated_at: ..params[:timestamp].to_datetime)
                                 .select(:id).pluck(:id)
           end
diff --git a/app/controllers/projects/samples_controller.rb b/app/controllers/projects/samples_controller.rb
index 1927cd8eca..b7cb6abc06 100644
--- a/app/controllers/projects/samples_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/projects/samples_controller.rb
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ class SamplesController < Projects::ApplicationController # rubocop:disable Metr
 
     def index
       @timestamp = DateTime.current
-      @pagy, @samples = pagy_searchkick(@query.searchkick_pagy_results, limit: params[:limit] || 20)
+      @pagy, @samples = pagy_searchkick(@query.results(:searchkick_pagy), limit: params[:limit] || 20)
       @has_samples = @project.samples.size.positive?
     end
 
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ def select
       respond_to do |format|
         format.turbo_stream do
           if params[:select].present?
-            @sample_ids = @query.searchkick_results
+            @sample_ids = @query.results(:searchkick)
                                 .where(updated_at: ..params[:timestamp].to_datetime)
                                 .select(:id).pluck(:id)
           end
diff --git a/app/models/sample/query.rb b/app/models/sample/query.rb
index a613700b84..a95dd19a82 100644
--- a/app/models/sample/query.rb
+++ b/app/models/sample/query.rb
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ class Sample::Query # rubocop:disable Style/ClassAndModuleChildren
   include ActiveModel::Model
   include ActiveModel::Attributes
 
+  ResultTypeError = Class.new(StandardError)
+
   attribute :column, :string
   attribute :direction, :string
   attribute :name_or_puid_cont, :string
@@ -27,6 +29,21 @@ def sort=(value)
     assign_attributes(column:, direction:)
   end
 
+  def results(type = :ransack)
+    case type
+    when :ransack
+      ransack_results
+    when :searchkick
+      searchkick_results
+    when :searchkick_pagy
+      searchkick_pagy_results
+    else
+      raise ResultTypeError, "Unrecognized type: #{type}"
+    end
+  end
+
+  private
+
   def ransack_results
     return Sample.none unless valid?
 
@@ -45,8 +62,6 @@ def searchkick_results
     Sample.search(name_or_puid_cont.presence || '*', **searchkick_kwargs)
   end
 
-  private
-
   def searchkick_kwargs
     { fields: [{ name: :text_middle }, { puid: :text_middle }],
       misspellings: false,