diff --git a/litellm/llms/exa_ai/search/transformation.py b/litellm/llms/exa_ai/search/transformation.py
index 022622d7af7..3ca475848f6 100644
--- a/litellm/llms/exa_ai/search/transformation.py
+++ b/litellm/llms/exa_ai/search/transformation.py
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ class ExaAISearchRequest(_ExaAISearchRequestRequired, total=False):
     context: bool | dict  # Optional - format results for LLMs
     moderation: bool  # Optional - enable content moderation, default false
     contents: dict  # Optional - content retrieval options
+    outputSchema: dict  # Optional - output schema definition
 
 
 class ExaAISearchConfig(BaseSearchConfig):
@@ -189,7 +190,12 @@ class ExaAISearchConfig(BaseSearchConfig):
             )
             results.append(search_result)
 
-        return SearchResponse(
+        extra: dict = {}
+        if "output" in response_json:
+            extra["output"] = response_json["output"]
+        search_response = SearchResponse(
             results=results,
             object="search",
+            **extra,
         )
+        return search_response
diff --git a/tests/search_tests/test_exa_ai_search.py b/tests/search_tests/test_exa_ai_search.py
index 7974668a61f..8461e90911e 100644
--- a/tests/search_tests/test_exa_ai_search.py
+++ b/tests/search_tests/test_exa_ai_search.py
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 import pytest
 import litellm
 from typing import List, Union
+from unittest.mock import Mock
 
+from litellm.llms.exa_ai.search.transformation import ExaAISearchConfig
 from tests.search_tests.base_search_unit_tests import BaseSearchTest
 
 
@@ -15,3 +17,68 @@ class TestExaAISearch(BaseSearchTest):
         Return search_provider for Exa AI Search.
         """
         return "exa_ai"
+
+
+class TestExaAISearchTransformation:
+    def test_should_include_output_when_exa_returns_output(self):
+        config = ExaAISearchConfig()
+        raw_response = Mock()
+        raw_response.json.return_value = {
+            "output": {
+                "content": "Nvidia announced the Vera Rubin platform.",
+                "grounding": [
+                    {
+                        "field": "content",
+                        "citations": [
+                            {
+                                "url": "https://nvidianews.nvidia.com/news/test",
+                                "title": "NVIDIA Newsroom",
+                            }
+                        ],
+                        "confidence": "high",
+                    }
+                ],
+            },
+            "results": [
+                {
+                    "title": "NVIDIA Newsroom",
+                    "url": "https://nvidianews.nvidia.com/news/test",
+                    "text": "NVIDIA announced Vera Rubin.",
+                    "publishedDate": "2026-06-22T00:00:00.000Z",
+                }
+            ],
+        }
+
+        response = config.transform_search_response(
+            raw_response=raw_response,
+            logging_obj=None,
+        )
+
+        assert response.output == raw_response.json.return_value["output"]
+        assert (
+            response.model_dump()["output"]
+            == raw_response.json.return_value["output"]
+        )
+        assert response.results[0].title == "NVIDIA Newsroom"
+
+    def test_should_not_require_output_when_exa_omits_output(self):
+        config = ExaAISearchConfig()
+        raw_response = Mock()
+        raw_response.json.return_value = {
+            "results": [
+                {
+                    "title": "NVIDIA Newsroom",
+                    "url": "https://nvidianews.nvidia.com/news/test",
+                    "text": "NVIDIA announced Vera Rubin.",
+                }
+            ],
+        }
+
+        response = config.transform_search_response(
+            raw_response=raw_response,
+            logging_obj=None,
+        )
+
+        assert "output" not in response.model_dump()
+        assert response.object == "search"
+        assert response.results[0].title == "NVIDIA Newsroom"