diff --git a/cognee/modules/search/exceptions/__init__.py b/cognee/modules/search/exceptions/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ffb30f428
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cognee/modules/search/exceptions/__init__.py
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+"""
+Custom exceptions for the Cognee API.
+
+This module defines a set of exceptions for handling various data errors
+"""
+
+from .exceptions import (
+    UnsupportedSearchTypeError
+)
diff --git a/cognee/modules/search/exceptions/exceptions.py b/cognee/modules/search/exceptions/exceptions.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ddc877700
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cognee/modules/search/exceptions/exceptions.py
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+from cognee.exceptions import (
+    CogneeValidationError,
+)
+from fastapi import status
+
+
+class UnsupportedSearchTypeError(CogneeValidationError):
+    def __init__(
+        self,
+        search_type: str,
+        name: str = "UnsupportedSearchTypeError",
+        status_code: int = status.HTTP_400_BAD_REQUEST,
+    ):
+        message = f"Unsupported search type: {search_type}"
+        super().__init__(message, name, status_code)
diff --git a/cognee/modules/search/methods/search.py b/cognee/modules/search/methods/search.py
index 365920019..f431a498e 100644
--- a/cognee/modules/search/methods/search.py
+++ b/cognee/modules/search/methods/search.py
@@ -3,9 +3,8 @@ import json
 import asyncio
 from uuid import UUID
 from typing import Callable, List, Optional, Type, Union
-
+from cognee.modules.search.exceptions import UnsupportedSearchTypeError
 from cognee.context_global_variables import set_database_global_context_variables
-from cognee.exceptions import InvalidValueError
 from cognee.modules.retrieval.chunks_retriever import ChunksRetriever
 from cognee.modules.retrieval.insights_retriever import InsightsRetriever
 from cognee.modules.retrieval.summaries_retriever import SummariesRetriever
@@ -136,7 +135,7 @@ async def specific_search(
     search_task = search_tasks.get(query_type)
 
     if search_task is None:
-        raise InvalidValueError(message=f"Unsupported search type: {query_type}")
+        raise UnsupportedSearchTypeError(str(query_type))
 
     send_telemetry("cognee.search EXECUTION STARTED", user.id)