diff --git a/CHANGES.rst b/CHANGES.rst
index 604c4913e..e45bba8d6 100644
--- a/CHANGES.rst
+++ b/CHANGES.rst
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ Internal changes
 * The GitHub Workflows now use the `step-security/harden-runner` action to monitor source code, actions, and dependency safety. All workflows now employ more constrained permissions rule sets to prevent security issues. (:pull:`1577`, :pull:`1578`).
 * Updated the CONTRIBUTING.rst directions to showcase the new versioning system. (:issue:`1557`, :pull:`1573`).
 * The `codespell` library is now a development dependency for the `dev` installation recipe with configurations found within `pyproject.toml`. This is also now a linting step and integrated as a `pre-commit` hook. For more information, see the `codespell documentation <https://github.com/codespell-project/codespell>`_ (:pull:`1576`).
+* Climate indicators search page now prioritizes the "official" indicators (atmos, land, seaIce and generic), virtual submodules can be added to search through checkbox option. (:issue:`1559`, :pull:`1593`).
 
 
 v0.47.0 (2023-12-01)
diff --git a/docs/_static/indsearch.js b/docs/_static/indsearch.js
index eb7efb818..6ec3dcdd9 100644
--- a/docs/_static/indsearch.js
+++ b/docs/_static/indsearch.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 /* Array of indicator objects */
 let indicators = [];
-
+let defModules = ["atmos", "generic", "land", "seaIce"];
 /* MiniSearch object defining search mechanism */
 let miniSearch = new MiniSearch({
   fields: ['title', 'abstract', 'variables', 'keywords', 'id'], // fields to index for full-text search
@@ -9,6 +9,13 @@ let miniSearch = new MiniSearch({
     boost: {'title': 3, 'variables': 2},
     fuzzy: 0.1,
     prefix: true,
+    boostDocument: (docID, term, storedFields) => {
+      if (defModules.indexOf(storedFields['module']) > -1) {
+        return 2;
+      } else {
+        return 1;
+      }
+    },
   },
   extractField: (doc, field) => {
     if (field === 'variables') {
@@ -87,11 +94,16 @@ function indTemplate(ind) {
 
 function indFilter() {
   const input = document.getElementById("queryInput").value;
+  const incVirt = document.getElementById("incVirtMod").checked;
+  let opts = {};
+  if (!incVirt) {
+    opts["filter"] = (result) => (defModules.indexOf(result.module) > -1);
+  }
   let inds = [];
-  if (input === "") {
-    inds = indicators;
+  if (input === "") { //Search wildcard so that boostDocument rules are applied.
+    inds = miniSearch.search(MiniSearch.wildcard, opts);
   } else {
-    inds = miniSearch.search(input);
+    inds = miniSearch.search(input, opts);
   }
 
   const newTable = inds.map(indTemplate).join('');
diff --git a/docs/_static/style.css b/docs/_static/style.css
index 5babe9e93..5d18dca7c 100644
--- a/docs/_static/style.css
+++ b/docs/_static/style.css
@@ -98,3 +98,7 @@ code > .indName {
     margin: 5px;
     background-color: #ddd;
 }
+
+#incVirtModLbl {
+    display: inline;
+}
diff --git a/docs/_templates/layout.html b/docs/_templates/layout.html
index f00ef0ad7..00954b22d 100644
--- a/docs/_templates/layout.html
+++ b/docs/_templates/layout.html
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 
 {% block scripts %}
 {% if "indicators" in sourcename %}
-  <script src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/minisearch@6.1.0/dist/umd/index.min.js"></script>
+  <script src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/minisearch@6.3.0/dist/umd/index.min.js"></script>
   <script type="text/javascript" src="./_static/indsearch.js"></script>
 {% endif %}
 {{ super() }}
diff --git a/docs/indicators.rst b/docs/indicators.rst
index be46e0007..a6275f906 100644
--- a/docs/indicators.rst
+++ b/docs/indicators.rst
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ allows a simple free text search of all indicators. Click on the python names to
 .. raw:: html
 
     <input type="text" id="queryInput" onkeyup="indFilter()" placeholder="Search for titles, variables or keywords...">
-
+    <input type="checkbox" id="incVirtMod" onchange="indFilter()"><label id="incVirtModLbl" for="virtualModules">Include virtual submodules in results.</label>
     <div id="indTable">
     </div>