diff --git a/components/Grid/Item.test.tsx b/components/Grid/Item.test.tsx
index ebe6bd41..cddc838d 100644
--- a/components/Grid/Item.test.tsx
+++ b/components/Grid/Item.test.tsx
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 import { render, screen } from "@/test-utils";
 import GridItem from "./Item";
+import React from "react";
 import { SearchShape } from "@/types/api/response";
+import { UserContext } from "@/context/user-context";
+import { UserContext as UserContextType } from "@/types/context/user";
 
 const mockItem = {
   api_model: "Work",
@@ -21,6 +24,28 @@ const mockItem = {
   work_type: "Image",
 };
 
+const defaultUserContext: UserContextType = {
+  user: {
+    isInstitution: false,
+    isLoggedIn: false,
+    isReadingRoom: false,
+    scopes: ["read:Public", "read:Published"],
+  },
+  isLoading: false,
+  isSignInModalOpen: false,
+  openSignInModal: jest.fn(),
+  closeSignInModal: jest.fn(),
+};
+
+const withUserProvider = (
+  Component: React.ReactNode,
+  userContext: UserContextType = defaultUserContext,
+) => {
+  return (
+    <UserContext.Provider value={userContext}>{Component}</UserContext.Provider>
+  );
+};
+
 describe("GridItem component", () => {
   it("renders the item, link and image", () => {
     render(<GridItem item={mockItem as SearchShape} />);
@@ -50,4 +75,51 @@ describe("GridItem component", () => {
       "https://iiif.stack.rdc-staging.library.northwestern.edu/iiif/2/b92874a0-72b7-4479-979e-38860c412a13/square/512,/0/default.jpg",
     );
   });
+
+  it("does not render a lock for public items when auth finishes without a user", () => {
+    render(
+      withUserProvider(<GridItem item={mockItem as SearchShape} />, {
+        ...defaultUserContext,
+        user: null,
+      }),
+    );
+
+    expect(screen.queryByTitle("Restricted Item")).not.toBeInTheDocument();
+  });
+
+  it("renders a lock for non-public items while auth is loading", () => {
+    const institutionItem = {
+      ...mockItem,
+      visibility: "Institution",
+    };
+
+    render(
+      withUserProvider(<GridItem item={institutionItem as SearchShape} />, {
+        ...defaultUserContext,
+        isLoading: true,
+        user: null,
+      }),
+    );
+
+    expect(screen.getByTitle("Restricted Item")).toBeInTheDocument();
+  });
+
+  it("does not render a lock for non-public items when the user has the matching scope", () => {
+    const institutionItem = {
+      ...mockItem,
+      visibility: "Institution",
+    };
+
+    render(
+      withUserProvider(<GridItem item={institutionItem as SearchShape} />, {
+        ...defaultUserContext,
+        user: {
+          ...defaultUserContext.user!,
+          scopes: ["read:Public", "read:Published", "read:Institution"],
+        },
+      }),
+    );
+
+    expect(screen.queryByTitle("Restricted Item")).not.toBeInTheDocument();
+  });
 });
diff --git a/components/Grid/Item.tsx b/components/Grid/Item.tsx
index cf12f1b2..14090d2d 100644
--- a/components/Grid/Item.tsx
+++ b/components/Grid/Item.tsx
@@ -16,7 +16,9 @@ const GridItem: React.FC<GridItemProps> = ({ item, isFeatured }) => {
   const userContext = useContext(UserContext);
 
   const isRestricted = (item: SearchShape): boolean => {
-    if (userContext?.isLoading) return item?.visibility !== "Public";
+    if (item?.visibility === "Public") return false;
+    if (userContext?.isLoading) return true;
+
     return !(
       userContext?.user?.scopes?.includes(`read:${item?.visibility}`) ?? false
     );
diff --git a/components/Search/TranscriptionResults.test.tsx b/components/Search/TranscriptionResults.test.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a8305b40
--- /dev/null
+++ b/components/Search/TranscriptionResults.test.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,136 @@
+import { render, screen } from "@/test-utils";
+import React from "react";
+import TranscriptionResults from "@/components/Search/TranscriptionResults";
+import { FileSetSearchResult, Pagination } from "@/types/api/response";
+import { UserContext } from "@/context/user-context";
+import { UserContext as UserContextType } from "@/types/context/user";
+
+jest.mock("@/lib/constants/endpoints", () => ({
+  DCAPI_ENDPOINT: "https://dcapi.rdc-staging.library.northwestern.edu/api/v2",
+}));
+
+const defaultUserContext: UserContextType = {
+  user: {
+    isInstitution: false,
+    isLoggedIn: false,
+    isReadingRoom: false,
+    scopes: ["read:Public", "read:Published"],
+  },
+  isLoading: false,
+  isSignInModalOpen: false,
+  openSignInModal: jest.fn(),
+  closeSignInModal: jest.fn(),
+};
+
+const pagination: Pagination = {
+  query_url:
+    "https://dcapi.rdc-staging.library.northwestern.edu/api/v2/search/file-sets?searchToken=N4IgRg9gJgniBcoDOBLAXgUwQFgAwBoQB9JCAVwC&page=1",
+  current_page: 1,
+  limit: 10,
+  offset: 0,
+  total_hits: 1,
+  total_pages: 1,
+  collapsed_by: {
+    field: "work_id",
+    total_hits: 1,
+  },
+};
+
+const publicResult: FileSetSearchResult = {
+  id: "file-set-public",
+  label: "Page 1",
+  work_id: "work-public",
+  work_title: "Public Work",
+  collection: { id: "collection-1", title: "Collection" },
+  rank: 1,
+  annotations: [
+    {
+      id: "annotation-1",
+      type: "transcription",
+      content: "This transcript contains a public match.",
+      language: ["eng"],
+      model: "Transcription",
+    },
+  ],
+  representative_image_url:
+    "https://iiif.stack.rdc-staging.library.northwestern.edu/iiif/2/file-set-public",
+  accession_number: "abc",
+  visibility: "Public",
+};
+
+const withUserProvider = (
+  Component: React.ReactNode,
+  userContext: UserContextType = defaultUserContext,
+) => {
+  return (
+    <UserContext.Provider value={userContext}>{Component}</UserContext.Provider>
+  );
+};
+
+const renderTranscriptionResults = (
+  results: FileSetSearchResult[],
+  userContext: UserContextType = defaultUserContext,
+) => {
+  return render(
+    withUserProvider(
+      <TranscriptionResults
+        results={results}
+        pagination={pagination}
+        searchTerm="match"
+        onPageChange={jest.fn()}
+      />,
+      userContext,
+    ),
+  );
+};
+
+describe("TranscriptionResults component", () => {
+  it("does not render locks for public file sets when auth finishes without a user", () => {
+    renderTranscriptionResults([publicResult], {
+      ...defaultUserContext,
+      user: null,
+    });
+
+    expect(screen.queryByTitle("Restricted Item")).not.toBeInTheDocument();
+  });
+
+  it("renders locks for non-public file sets while auth is loading", () => {
+    renderTranscriptionResults(
+      [
+        {
+          ...publicResult,
+          id: "file-set-institution",
+          visibility: "Institution",
+        },
+      ],
+      {
+        ...defaultUserContext,
+        isLoading: true,
+        user: null,
+      },
+    );
+
+    expect(screen.getAllByTitle("Restricted Item")).toHaveLength(2);
+  });
+
+  it("does not render locks for non-public file sets when the user has the matching scope", () => {
+    renderTranscriptionResults(
+      [
+        {
+          ...publicResult,
+          id: "file-set-institution",
+          visibility: "Institution",
+        },
+      ],
+      {
+        ...defaultUserContext,
+        user: {
+          ...defaultUserContext.user!,
+          scopes: ["read:Public", "read:Published", "read:Institution"],
+        },
+      },
+    );
+
+    expect(screen.queryByTitle("Restricted Item")).not.toBeInTheDocument();
+  });
+});
diff --git a/components/Search/TranscriptionResults.tsx b/components/Search/TranscriptionResults.tsx
index 5df61160..299ea1d2 100644
--- a/components/Search/TranscriptionResults.tsx
+++ b/components/Search/TranscriptionResults.tsx
@@ -81,7 +81,9 @@ const TranscriptionResults: React.FC<TranscriptionResultsProps> = ({
   const groups = groupByWork(results);
   const { user, isLoading } = useContext(UserContext);
   const isRestricted = (visibility: string) => {
-    if (isLoading) return visibility !== "Public";
+    if (visibility === "Public") return false;
+    if (isLoading) return true;
+
     return !(user?.scopes?.includes(`read:${visibility}`) ?? false);
   };