diff --git a/minet/cli/crowdtangle/search.py b/minet/cli/crowdtangle/search.py
index 849e768f1c..978f3c9fcf 100644
--- a/minet/cli/crowdtangle/search.py
+++ b/minet/cli/crowdtangle/search.py
@@ -11,5 +11,6 @@
     method_name='search',
     item_name='posts',
     csv_headers=CROWDTANGLE_POST_CSV_HEADERS,
-    get_args=lambda namespace: [namespace.terms]
+    get_args=lambda namespace: [namespace.terms],
+    announce=lambda namespace: 'Searching for: "%s"' % namespace.terms
 )
diff --git a/minet/cli/crowdtangle/utils.py b/minet/cli/crowdtangle/utils.py
index 3cdc90f39c..9e25a1fab8 100644
--- a/minet/cli/crowdtangle/utils.py
+++ b/minet/cli/crowdtangle/utils.py
@@ -16,7 +16,8 @@
 )
 
 
-def make_paginated_action(method_name, item_name, csv_headers, get_args=None):
+def make_paginated_action(method_name, item_name, csv_headers, get_args=None,
+                          announce=None):
 
     def action(namespace, output_file):
 
@@ -55,6 +56,9 @@ def action(namespace, output_file):
 
                     print_err('Resuming from: %s' % last_date)
 
+        if callable(announce):
+            print_err(announce(namespace))
+
         # Loading bar
         loading_bar = tqdm(
             desc='Fetching %s' % item_name,