diff --git a/extensions/ql-vscode/src/remote-queries/variant-analysis-results-manager.ts b/extensions/ql-vscode/src/remote-queries/variant-analysis-results-manager.ts
index 9ba8ccf96..00f245597 100644
--- a/extensions/ql-vscode/src/remote-queries/variant-analysis-results-manager.ts
+++ b/extensions/ql-vscode/src/remote-queries/variant-analysis-results-manager.ts
@@ -121,6 +121,7 @@ export class VariantAnalysisResultsManager extends DisposableObject {
       createCacheKey(variantAnalysisId, repositoryFullName),
     );
     if (result) {
+      this._onResultLoaded.fire(result);
       return result;
     }