diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 7b70d1a82..8123110bf 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,6 +2,9 @@
 
 ## Next
 
+### Added
+- Introduced SearchQueryParseError for handling invalid Lucene query strings in HybridRetriever and HybridCypherRetriever.
+
 ## 1.5.0
 
 ### Added
diff --git a/docs/source/api.rst b/docs/source/api.rst
index b94985098..f27bf3af7 100644
--- a/docs/source/api.rst
+++ b/docs/source/api.rst
@@ -445,6 +445,16 @@ Errors
 
   * :class:`neo4j_graphrag.exceptions.LLMGenerationError`
 
+  * :class:`neo4j_graphrag.exceptions.SchemaValidationError`
+
+  * :class:`neo4j_graphrag.exceptions.PdfLoaderError`
+
+  * :class:`neo4j_graphrag.exceptions.PromptMissingPlaceholderError`
+
+  * :class:`neo4j_graphrag.exceptions.InvalidHybridSearchRankerError`
+
+  * :class:`neo4j_graphrag.exceptions.SearchQueryParseError`
+
   * :class:`neo4j_graphrag.experimental.pipeline.exceptions.PipelineDefinitionError`
 
   * :class:`neo4j_graphrag.experimental.pipeline.exceptions.PipelineMissingDependencyError`
@@ -559,6 +569,41 @@ LLMGenerationError
    :show-inheritance:
 
 
+SchemaValidationError
+=====================
+
+.. autoclass:: neo4j_graphrag.exceptions.SchemaValidationError
+   :show-inheritance:
+
+
+PdfLoaderError
+==============
+
+.. autoclass:: neo4j_graphrag.exceptions.PdfLoaderError
+   :show-inheritance:
+
+
+PromptMissingPlaceholderError
+=============================
+
+.. autoclass:: neo4j_graphrag.exceptions.PromptMissingPlaceholderError
+   :show-inheritance:
+
+
+InvalidHybridSearchRankerError
+==============================
+
+.. autoclass:: neo4j_graphrag.exceptions.InvalidHybridSearchRankerError
+   :show-inheritance:
+
+
+SearchQueryParseError
+=====================
+
+.. autoclass:: neo4j_graphrag.exceptions.SearchQueryParseError
+   :show-inheritance:
+
+
 PipelineDefinitionError
 =======================
 
diff --git a/src/neo4j_graphrag/exceptions.py b/src/neo4j_graphrag/exceptions.py
index bde7cfe83..3c0fdc0b3 100644
--- a/src/neo4j_graphrag/exceptions.py
+++ b/src/neo4j_graphrag/exceptions.py
@@ -128,3 +128,7 @@ class PromptMissingPlaceholderError(Neo4jGraphRagError):
 
 class InvalidHybridSearchRankerError(Neo4jGraphRagError):
     """Exception raised when an invalid ranker type for Hybrid Search is provided."""
+
+
+class SearchQueryParseError(Neo4jGraphRagError):
+    """Exception raised when there is a query parse error in the text search string."""
diff --git a/src/neo4j_graphrag/retrievers/hybrid.py b/src/neo4j_graphrag/retrievers/hybrid.py
index 2edd5449a..fb257bf94 100644
--- a/src/neo4j_graphrag/retrievers/hybrid.py
+++ b/src/neo4j_graphrag/retrievers/hybrid.py
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
     EmbeddingRequiredError,
     RetrieverInitializationError,
     SearchValidationError,
+    SearchQueryParseError,
 )
 from neo4j_graphrag.neo4j_queries import get_search_query
 from neo4j_graphrag.retrievers.base import Retriever
@@ -218,12 +219,19 @@ def get_search_results(
         logger.debug("HybridRetriever Cypher parameters: %s", sanitized_parameters)
         logger.debug("HybridRetriever Cypher query: %s", search_query)
 
-        records, _, _ = self.driver.execute_query(
-            search_query,
-            parameters,
-            database_=self.neo4j_database,
-            routing_=neo4j.RoutingControl.READ,
-        )
+        try:
+            records, _, _ = self.driver.execute_query(
+                search_query,
+                parameters,
+                database_=self.neo4j_database,
+                routing_=neo4j.RoutingControl.READ,
+            )
+        except neo4j.exceptions.ClientError as e:
+            if "org.apache.lucene.queryparser.classic.ParseException" in str(e):
+                raise SearchQueryParseError(
+                    f"Invalid Lucene query generated from query_text: {query_text}"
+                ) from e
+            raise
         return RawSearchResult(
             records=records,
         )
@@ -395,12 +403,19 @@ def get_search_results(
         logger.debug("HybridRetriever Cypher parameters: %s", sanitized_parameters)
         logger.debug("HybridRetriever Cypher query: %s", search_query)
 
-        records, _, _ = self.driver.execute_query(
-            search_query,
-            parameters,
-            database_=self.neo4j_database,
-            routing_=neo4j.RoutingControl.READ,
-        )
+        try:
+            records, _, _ = self.driver.execute_query(
+                search_query,
+                parameters,
+                database_=self.neo4j_database,
+                routing_=neo4j.RoutingControl.READ,
+            )
+        except neo4j.exceptions.ClientError as e:
+            if "org.apache.lucene.queryparser.classic.ParseException" in str(e):
+                raise SearchQueryParseError(
+                    f"Invalid Lucene query generated from query_text: {query_text}"
+                ) from e
+            raise
         return RawSearchResult(
             records=records,
         )
diff --git a/tests/unit/retrievers/test_hybrid.py b/tests/unit/retrievers/test_hybrid.py
index d38f1ab10..7a6fc505b 100644
--- a/tests/unit/retrievers/test_hybrid.py
+++ b/tests/unit/retrievers/test_hybrid.py
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
     EmbeddingRequiredError,
     RetrieverInitializationError,
     SearchValidationError,
+    SearchQueryParseError,
 )
 from neo4j_graphrag.neo4j_queries import get_search_query
 from neo4j_graphrag.retrievers import HybridCypherRetriever, HybridRetriever
@@ -793,3 +794,73 @@ def test_hybrid_cypher_linear_ranker(
         ],
         metadata={"__retriever": "HybridCypherRetriever"},
     )
+
+
+@patch("neo4j_graphrag.retrievers.HybridRetriever._fetch_index_infos")
+@patch("neo4j_graphrag.retrievers.base.get_version")
+def test_hybrid_retriever_invalid_lucene_query_error(
+    mock_get_version: MagicMock,
+    _fetch_index_infos_mock: MagicMock,
+    driver: MagicMock,
+    embedder: MagicMock,
+) -> None:
+    mock_get_version.return_value = ((5, 23, 0), False, False)
+
+    error_message = (
+        "Failed to invoke procedure `db.index.fulltext.queryNodes`: "
+        "Caused by: org.apache.lucene.queryparser.classic.ParseException: "
+        'Encountered " <FUZZY_SLOP> "~aliens " at line 1, column 0.'
+    )
+    client_error = neo4j.exceptions.ClientError(error_message)
+    driver.execute_query.side_effect = client_error
+
+    retriever = HybridRetriever(
+        driver=driver,
+        vector_index_name="vector-index",
+        fulltext_index_name="fulltext-index",
+        embedder=embedder,
+    )
+    retriever.neo4j_version_is_5_23_or_above = True
+    retriever._embedding_node_property = "embedding"
+
+    with pytest.raises(
+        SearchQueryParseError, match="Invalid Lucene query generated from query_text"
+    ):
+        retriever.search(query_text="~aliens", top_k=5)
+
+
+@patch("neo4j_graphrag.retrievers.HybridCypherRetriever._fetch_index_infos")
+@patch("neo4j_graphrag.retrievers.base.get_version")
+def test_hybrid_cypher_retriever_invalid_lucene_query_error(
+    mock_get_version: MagicMock,
+    _fetch_index_infos_mock: MagicMock,
+    driver: MagicMock,
+    embedder: MagicMock,
+) -> None:
+    mock_get_version.return_value = ((5, 23, 0), False, False)
+    retrieval_query = """
+        RETURN node.id AS node_id, node.text AS text, score, {test: $param} AS metadata
+        """
+
+    error_message = (
+        "Failed to invoke procedure `db.index.fulltext.queryNodes`: "
+        "Caused by: org.apache.lucene.queryparser.classic.ParseException: "
+        'Encountered " <FUZZY_SLOP> "~aliens " at line 1, column 0.'
+    )
+    client_error = neo4j.exceptions.ClientError(error_message)
+    driver.execute_query.side_effect = client_error
+
+    retriever = HybridCypherRetriever(
+        driver=driver,
+        vector_index_name="vector-index",
+        fulltext_index_name="fulltext-index",
+        embedder=embedder,
+        retrieval_query=retrieval_query,
+    )
+    retriever.neo4j_version_is_5_23_or_above = True
+    retriever._embedding_node_property = "embedding"
+
+    with pytest.raises(
+        SearchQueryParseError, match="Invalid Lucene query generated from query_text"
+    ):
+        retriever.search(query_text="~aliens", top_k=5)