diff --git a/app/static/js/csentry.js b/app/static/js/csentry.js
index b978aa4eba9a2c36fc9d76e818e0a721efb6a069..cbb0d7a61b7ad005465b51b1736419bc08cf2070 100644
--- a/app/static/js/csentry.js
+++ b/app/static/js/csentry.js
@@ -104,6 +104,20 @@ function update_stack_member() {
   );
 }
 
+// Function to initialize tooltip on DataTables search box
+// Only used when using server side processing
+function configure_search_tooltip() {
+  $(".dataTables_filter").tooltip({
+    title:
+      "Enter keyword(s) or use wildcard character '*' for partial match. See the help for more information.",
+  });
+
+  // Hide the tooltip when clicking in the search box
+  $("input[type='search'").focus(function () {
+    $(".dataTables_filter").tooltip("hide");
+  });
+}
+
 $(document).ready(function () {
   // When an invalid input was submitted, the server
   // adds the "is-invalid" class to form fields to display
diff --git a/app/static/js/groups.js b/app/static/js/groups.js
index 20262b95685edfc5ad55eb4ae691628d9fe04227..1378d3b03a7a0482e33b6cb72aaf5ef5305fcaa9 100644
--- a/app/static/js/groups.js
+++ b/app/static/js/groups.js
@@ -114,5 +114,7 @@ $(document).ready(function () {
       .buttons()
       .container()
       .appendTo("#groups_table_wrapper .col-md-3:eq(0)");
+
+    configure_search_tooltip();
   }
 });
diff --git a/app/static/js/hosts.js b/app/static/js/hosts.js
index dcfa056553f269c86092101455d488f58c713479..031a20796008b9117b483b0b93ddc69988106cdb 100644
--- a/app/static/js/hosts.js
+++ b/app/static/js/hosts.js
@@ -196,5 +196,7 @@ $(document).ready(function () {
       .buttons()
       .container()
       .appendTo("#hosts_table_wrapper .col-md-3:eq(0)");
+
+    configure_search_tooltip();
   }
 });
diff --git a/app/static/js/items.js b/app/static/js/items.js
index 2ddbb68198a9ad511bec408f473e2b8bd21483bb..016b683bc7567a3b158bc3a8abe5dc324838c00f 100644
--- a/app/static/js/items.js
+++ b/app/static/js/items.js
@@ -144,4 +144,6 @@ $(document).ready(function () {
       .container()
       .appendTo("#items_table_wrapper .col-md-3:eq(0)");
   }
+
+  configure_search_tooltip();
 });