diff --git a/litellm/integrations/websearch_interception/handler.py b/litellm/integrations/websearch_interception/handler.py
index c92e32aeb7f..a38b8bed595 100644
--- a/litellm/integrations/websearch_interception/handler.py
+++ b/litellm/integrations/websearch_interception/handler.py
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ from litellm.integrations.websearch_interception.tools import (
     get_litellm_web_search_tool_openai,
     get_litellm_web_search_tool_responses,
     is_anthropic_native_web_search_tool,
+    is_chat_completion_request_web_search_tool,
     is_web_search_tool,
     is_web_search_tool_chat_completion,
     is_web_search_tool_responses,
@@ -457,7 +458,10 @@ class WebSearchInterceptionLogger(CustomLogger):
         if call_type in (CallTypes.responses, CallTypes.aresponses):
             return self._convert_responses_tools(kwargs=kwargs, tools=tools)
 
-        has_websearch: Final = any(is_web_search_tool(t) for t in tools)
+        is_search_tool: Final = (
+            is_chat_completion_request_web_search_tool if call_type == CallTypes.acompletion else is_web_search_tool
+        )
+        has_websearch: Final = any(is_search_tool(t) for t in tools)
 
         if not has_websearch:
             return None
@@ -475,7 +479,7 @@ class WebSearchInterceptionLogger(CustomLogger):
         # Convert native/custom web_search tools to LiteLLM standard
         converted_tools: Final = []
         for tool in tools:
-            if is_web_search_tool(tool):
+            if is_search_tool(tool):
                 # Convert to LiteLLM standard web search tool
                 converted_tool = get_litellm_web_search_tool_openai()
                 converted_tools.append(converted_tool)
diff --git a/litellm/integrations/websearch_interception/tools.py b/litellm/integrations/websearch_interception/tools.py
index 2e1ae07eb68..36b02c48dc5 100644
--- a/litellm/integrations/websearch_interception/tools.py
+++ b/litellm/integrations/websearch_interception/tools.py
@@ -160,6 +160,10 @@ def is_web_search_tool_responses(tool: Mapping[str, object]) -> bool:
     return tool_type == "web_search" or tool_type.startswith("web_search_")
 
 
+def is_chat_completion_request_web_search_tool(tool: Mapping[str, object]) -> bool:
+    return tool.get("type") == "web_search" or is_web_search_tool(dict(tool))
+
+
 def is_web_search_tool_chat_completion(tool: dict[str, Any]) -> bool:
     """
     Check if a tool is a web search tool for Chat Completions API (strict check).
diff --git a/tests/integration/streaming/test_interception_converted_stream_options.py b/tests/integration/streaming/test_interception_converted_stream_options.py
index 74fad7deaf1..b9d39b02afd 100644
--- a/tests/integration/streaming/test_interception_converted_stream_options.py
+++ b/tests/integration/streaming/test_interception_converted_stream_options.py
@@ -61,6 +61,13 @@ _HEADROOM_RETRIEVE: Final[Mapping[str, JsonValue]] = MappingProxyType(
     }
 )
 _RESPONSES_SEARCH: Final[Mapping[str, JsonValue]] = MappingProxyType({"type": "web_search"})
+_BARE_WEB_SEARCH: Final[Mapping[str, JsonValue]] = MappingProxyType({"type": "web_search"})
+_APP_WEB_SEARCH: Final[Mapping[str, JsonValue]] = MappingProxyType(
+    {
+        "type": "function",
+        "function": {"name": "web_search", "description": "Search the app index", "parameters": dict(_PARAMETERS)},
+    }
+)
 _BURST_MODEL: Final = f"interception-burst-{uuid.uuid4().hex}"
 _BURST_DEPLOYMENT: Final = iv.deployment("search")
 _STARTED_WORKER: Final = "Started server process ["
@@ -460,6 +467,70 @@ def test_openai_sdk_chat_without_streaming_through_web_search_answers_in_json(ri
     _assert_search_turn(rig, deployment, completion.id)
 
 
+def _assert_answered_in_json(reply: _Stream, text: str) -> str:
+    assert reply.status == 200, reply.text
+    completion: Final = iv.JSON_OBJECT.validate_json(reply.text)
+    (choice,) = rv.ITEMS.validate_python(completion["choices"])
+    assert object_value(choice["message"])["content"] == text, completion
+    return string_value(completion["id"])
+
+
+def _offered_tools(call: Mapping[str, JsonValue]) -> tuple[Mapping[str, JsonValue], ...]:
+    return tuple(rv.ITEMS.validate_python(call["tools"]))
+
+
+def _function_name(tool: Mapping[str, JsonValue]) -> str:
+    return string_value(object_value(tool["function"])["name"])
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("stream", (pytest.param(True, id="stream"), pytest.param(False, id="json")))
+def test_bare_web_search_type_on_chat_is_searched_and_the_apps_own_web_search_function_reaches_azure_untouched(
+    rig: _Rig, scenario: Scenario, stream: bool
+) -> None:
+    deployment: Final = _deploy(rig, scenario, "search")
+    body: Final = {
+        **_chat_body(deployment, stream=stream),
+        "tools": [dict(_BARE_WEB_SEARCH), dict(_APP_WEB_SEARCH)],
+    }
+    reply: Final = _chat(rig, body)
+    identity: Final = (
+        _assert_restreamed(reply, iv.answer(deployment.name), usage=None)
+        if stream
+        else _assert_answered_in_json(reply, iv.answer(deployment.name))
+    )
+    received: Final = _upstream(rig, deployment)
+    _assert_upstream(received, model_calls=2, searches=1)
+    assert [search["query"] for search in received.searches] == [iv.query(deployment.name)], received.searches
+    offered: Final = _offered_tools(received.model_calls[0])
+    assert [tool.get("type") for tool in offered] == ["function", "function"], offered
+    assert [_function_name(tool) for tool in offered] == [iv.SEARCH_TOOL, "web_search"], offered
+    assert offered[1] == dict(_APP_WEB_SEARCH), offered
+    _assert_landed_once(deployment.model, frozenset({identity}), rows=1)
+
+
+def test_bare_web_search_type_on_messages_through_the_azure_chat_adapter_is_never_searched(
+    rig: _Rig, scenario: Scenario
+) -> None:
+    deployment: Final = _deploy(rig, scenario, "search")
+    reply: Final = _post(
+        rig,
+        "/v1/messages",
+        {
+            "model": deployment.model,
+            "max_tokens": 64,
+            "messages": [{"role": "user", "content": f"Search for {deployment.name}"}],
+            "tools": [dict(_BARE_WEB_SEARCH)],
+            **_NO_CACHE,
+        },
+    )
+    assert reply.status == 200, reply.text
+    blocks: Final = rv.ITEMS.validate_python(iv.JSON_OBJECT.validate_json(reply.text)["content"])
+    assert [block.get("text") for block in blocks] == [iv.plain(deployment.name)], reply.text
+    received: Final = _upstream(rig, deployment)
+    _assert_upstream(received, model_calls=1, searches=0)
+    assert [call.get("tools") for call in received.model_calls] == [None], received.model_calls
+
+
 @pytest.mark.parametrize(
     ("tool", "mode"),
     (
diff --git a/tests/unit/integrations/websearch_interception/test_websearch_interception_handler.py b/tests/unit/integrations/websearch_interception/test_websearch_interception_handler.py
index 064b94942a3..91aa18d2440 100644
--- a/tests/unit/integrations/websearch_interception/test_websearch_interception_handler.py
+++ b/tests/unit/integrations/websearch_interception/test_websearch_interception_handler.py
@@ -669,6 +669,52 @@ async def test_async_pre_call_deployment_hook_returns_full_kwargs():
     )
 
 
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("provider", ["anthropic", "openai"])
+async def test_deployment_hook_intercepts_bare_web_search_type_and_keeps_user_web_search_function(provider: str):
+    user_web_search_function: Final = {
+        "type": "function",
+        "function": {
+            "name": "web_search",
+            "description": "Search a private index",
+            "parameters": {"type": "object", "properties": {"query": {"type": "string"}}},
+        },
+    }
+    logger: Final = WebSearchInterceptionLogger(enabled_providers=[provider])
+
+    result: Final = await logger.async_pre_call_deployment_hook(
+        kwargs={
+            "model": "some-model",
+            "messages": [{"role": "user", "content": "Who won the latest Nobel Prize in Physics?"}],
+            "tools": [{"type": "web_search"}, user_web_search_function],
+            "custom_llm_provider": provider,
+        },
+        call_type=CallTypes.acompletion,
+    )
+
+    assert result is not None
+    assert [t.get("function", {}).get("name") for t in result["tools"]] == [LITELLM_WEB_SEARCH_TOOL_NAME, "web_search"]
+    assert result["tools"][1] == user_web_search_function
+
+
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("call_type", [CallTypes.anthropic_messages, CallTypes.aanthropic_messages])
+async def test_deployment_hook_leaves_bare_web_search_type_alone_on_messages(call_type: CallTypes):
+    logger: Final = WebSearchInterceptionLogger(enabled_providers=["openai"])
+
+    result: Final = await logger.async_pre_call_deployment_hook(
+        kwargs={
+            "model": "some-model",
+            "messages": [{"role": "user", "content": "Who won the latest Nobel Prize in Physics?"}],
+            "tools": [{"type": "web_search"}],
+            "custom_llm_provider": "openai",
+        },
+        call_type=call_type,
+    )
+
+    assert result is None
+
+
 @pytest.mark.asyncio
 async def test_async_pre_call_deployment_hook_skips_disabled_provider():
     """Test that the hook returns None for providers not in enabled_providers."""
@@ -876,7 +922,6 @@ async def test_converted_stream_moves_stream_options_out_of_the_provider_request
     ) == (False, False, True, _STREAM_USAGE_OPTIONS)
 
 
-
 def test_sync_forced_tool_choice_repoints_converted_web_search():
     """Regression (tool_choice 400): a forced tool_choice naming the original
     web_search tool must be repointed to litellm_web_search after conversion.