diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/ml/common/types/anomalies.ts b/x-pack/plugins/ml/common/types/anomalies.ts
index e84035aa50c8f8..2bf717067f7129 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/ml/common/types/anomalies.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/ml/common/types/anomalies.ts
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@ export interface Influencer {
   influencer_field_values: string[];
 }
 
+export type MLAnomalyDoc = AnomalyRecordDoc;
+
 export interface AnomalyRecordDoc {
   [key: string]: any;
   job_id: string;
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/ml/public/application/jobs/new_job/common/results_loader/searches.ts b/x-pack/plugins/ml/public/application/jobs/new_job/common/results_loader/searches.ts
index e6e6b5305b1f83..65c0d30414eed2 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/ml/public/application/jobs/new_job/common/results_loader/searches.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/ml/public/application/jobs/new_job/common/results_loader/searches.ts
@@ -74,6 +74,7 @@ export function getScoresByRecord(
                             timestamp: {
                               gte: earliestMs,
                               lte: latestMs,
+                              // @ts-ignore
                               format: 'epoch_millis',
                             },
                           },
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/ml/public/application/services/ml_api_service/results.ts b/x-pack/plugins/ml/public/application/services/ml_api_service/results.ts
index 1797fdb17669e1..a9f6dbb45f6e34 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/ml/public/application/services/ml_api_service/results.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/ml/public/application/services/ml_api_service/results.ts
@@ -16,6 +16,11 @@ import { JobId } from '../../../../common/types/anomaly_detection_jobs';
 import { JOB_ID, PARTITION_FIELD_VALUE } from '../../../../common/constants/anomalies';
 import { PartitionFieldsDefinition } from '../results_service/result_service_rx';
 import { PartitionFieldsConfig } from '../../../../common/types/storage';
+import {
+  ESSearchRequest,
+  ESSearchResponse,
+} from '../../../../../../../src/core/types/elasticsearch';
+import { MLAnomalyDoc } from '../../../../common/types/anomalies';
 
 export const resultsApiProvider = (httpService: HttpService) => ({
   getAnomaliesTableData(
@@ -112,18 +117,18 @@ export const resultsApiProvider = (httpService: HttpService) => ({
     });
   },
 
-  anomalySearch(query: object, jobIds: string[]) {
+  anomalySearch(query: ESSearchRequest, jobIds: string[]) {
     const body = JSON.stringify({ query, jobIds });
-    return httpService.http<object>({
+    return httpService.http<ESSearchResponse<MLAnomalyDoc>>({
       path: `${basePath()}/results/anomaly_search`,
       method: 'POST',
       body,
     });
   },
 
-  anomalySearch$(query: object, jobIds: string[]) {
+  anomalySearch$(query: ESSearchRequest, jobIds: string[]) {
     const body = JSON.stringify({ query, jobIds });
-    return httpService.http$<object>({
+    return httpService.http$<ESSearchResponse<MLAnomalyDoc>>({
       path: `${basePath()}/results/anomaly_search`,
       method: 'POST',
       body,