diff --git a/kittens/hints/main.py b/kittens/hints/main.py
index a8ac00340..693e2cc6a 100644
--- a/kittens/hints/main.py
+++ b/kittens/hints/main.py
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ from kitty.utils import (
 from ..tui.handler import Handler, result_handler
 from ..tui.loop import Loop
 from ..tui.operations import faint, styled
-from ..tui.utils import report_unhandled_error
+from ..tui.utils import report_error, report_unhandled_error
 
 
 @lru_cache()
@@ -118,6 +118,7 @@ def render(text: str, current_input: str, all_marks: Sequence[Mark], ignore_mark
 
 class Hints(Handler):
 
+    use_alternate_screen = False
     overlay_ready_report_needed = True
 
     def __init__(self, text: str, all_marks: Sequence[Mark], index_map: Dict[int, Mark], args: HintsCLIOptions):
@@ -503,7 +504,7 @@ def run(args: HintsCLIOptions, text: str, extra_cli_args: Sequence[str] = ()) ->
             all_marks = tuple(mark(pattern, post_processors, text, args))
         if not all_marks:
             none_of = {'url': 'URLs', 'hyperlink': 'hyperlinks'}.get(args.type, 'matches')
-            input(_('No {} found, press Enter to quit.').format(none_of))
+            report_error(_('No {} found.').format(none_of))
             return None
 
         largest_index = all_marks[-1].index
diff --git a/kittens/show_error/main.py b/kittens/show_error/main.py
index 32edae400..409369292 100644
--- a/kittens/show_error/main.py
+++ b/kittens/show_error/main.py
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ def main(args: List[str]) -> None:
     except Exception:
         import traceback
         traceback.print_exc()
-        input('Press Enter to close.')
+        input('Press Enter to close')
 
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
diff --git a/kittens/tui/loop.py b/kittens/tui/loop.py
index 4d2d62aec..dd723890a 100644
--- a/kittens/tui/loop.py
+++ b/kittens/tui/loop.py
@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ class UnhandledException(Handler):
         self.cmd.set_default_colors()
         self.write(self.tb.replace('\n', '\r\n'))
         self.write('\r\n')
-        self.write('Press the Enter key to quit')
+        self.write('Press Enter to quit')
 
     def on_key(self, key_event: KeyEventType) -> None:
         if key_event.key == 'ENTER':
diff --git a/kittens/tui/utils.py b/kittens/tui/utils.py
index 8e70a8fd9..eeb9c04bd 100644
--- a/kittens/tui/utils.py
+++ b/kittens/tui/utils.py
@@ -50,15 +50,22 @@ def human_size(
     return format_number(size / 1024**exponent, max_num_of_decimals) + sep + unit_list[exponent]
 
 
-def report_unhandled_error(msg: str = '') -> None:
-    ' Report an unhandled exception also sending the overlay ready message to ensure kitten is visible '
+def report_error(msg: str = '', return_code: int = 1, print_exc: bool = False) -> None:
+    ' Report an error also sending the overlay ready message to ensure kitten is visible '
     from .operations import overlay_ready
     print(end=overlay_ready())
     if msg:
         print(msg, file=sys.stderr)
-    cls, e, tb = sys.exc_info()
-    if e and not isinstance(e, (SystemExit, KeyboardInterrupt)):
-        import traceback
-        traceback.print_exc()
-    input('Press Enter to quit.')
-    raise SystemExit(1)
+    if print_exc:
+        cls, e, tb = sys.exc_info()
+        if e and not isinstance(e, (SystemExit, KeyboardInterrupt)):
+            import traceback
+            traceback.print_exc()
+    with suppress(KeyboardInterrupt, EOFError):
+        input('Press Enter to quit')
+    raise SystemExit(return_code)
+
+
+def report_unhandled_error(msg: str = '') -> None:
+    ' Report an unhandled exception with the overlay ready message '
+    return report_error(msg, print_exc=True)