diff --git a/src/System.Management.Automation/engine/CommandSearcher.cs b/src/System.Management.Automation/engine/CommandSearcher.cs
index 002535f2d..3d6918dcf 100644
--- a/src/System.Management.Automation/engine/CommandSearcher.cs
+++ b/src/System.Management.Automation/engine/CommandSearcher.cs
@@ -460,7 +460,7 @@ namespace System.Management.Automation
                 // Try literal path resolution if it is set to run first
                 if (_commandResolutionOptions.HasFlag(SearchResolutionOptions.ResolveLiteralThenPathPatterns))
                 {
-                    var path = GetNextLiteralPathThatExists(_commandName, out _);
+                    var path = GetNextLiteralPathThatExistsAndHandleExceptions(_commandName, out _);
 
                     if (path != null)
                     {
@@ -478,7 +478,7 @@ namespace System.Management.Automation
                 if (!_commandResolutionOptions.HasFlag(SearchResolutionOptions.ResolveLiteralThenPathPatterns) &&
                     resolvedPaths.Count == 0)
                 {
-                    string path = GetNextLiteralPathThatExists(_commandName, out _);
+                    string path = GetNextLiteralPathThatExistsAndHandleExceptions(_commandName, out _);
 
                     if (path != null)
                     {
@@ -1222,6 +1222,68 @@ namespace System.Management.Automation
 
             return result;
         }
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Gets the next literal path.
+        /// Filtering to ones that exist for the filesystem.
+        /// Handles Exceptions
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="command">
+        /// The command to search for.
+        /// </param>
+        /// <param name="provider">The provider that the command was found in.</param>
+        /// <returns>
+        /// Full path to the command.
+        /// </returns>
+        private string GetNextLiteralPathThatExistsAndHandleExceptions(string command, out ProviderInfo provider)
+        {
+            try
+            {
+                return GetNextLiteralPathThatExists(command, out provider);
+            }
+            catch (ItemNotFoundException)
+            {
+                CommandDiscovery.discoveryTracer.TraceError(
+                    "The path could not be found: {0}",
+                    _commandName);
+            }
+            catch (DriveNotFoundException)
+            {
+                // This can be because we think a scope or a url is a drive
+                // and need to continue searching.
+                // Although, scope does not work through get-command
+                CommandDiscovery.discoveryTracer.TraceError(
+                    "A drive could not be found for the path: {0}",
+                    _commandName);
+            }
+            catch (ProviderNotFoundException)
+            {
+                CommandDiscovery.discoveryTracer.TraceError(
+                    "A provider could not be found for the path: {0}",
+                    _commandName);
+            }
+            catch (InvalidOperationException)
+            {
+                CommandDiscovery.discoveryTracer.TraceError(
+                    "The path specified a home directory, but the provider home directory was not set. {0}",
+                    _commandName);
+            }
+            catch (ProviderInvocationException providerException)
+            {
+                CommandDiscovery.discoveryTracer.TraceError(
+                    "The provider associated with the path '{0}' encountered an error: {1}",
+                    _commandName,
+                    providerException.Message);
+            }
+            catch (PSNotSupportedException)
+            {
+                CommandDiscovery.discoveryTracer.TraceError(
+                    "The provider associated with the path '{0}' does not implement ContainerCmdletProvider",
+                    _commandName);
+            }
+
+            provider = null;
+            return null;
+        }
 
         /// <summary>
         /// Gets the next literal path.
diff --git a/test/powershell/engine/Basic/CommandDiscovery.Tests.ps1 b/test/powershell/engine/Basic/CommandDiscovery.Tests.ps1
index fa3e957e8..b5f22031e 100644
--- a/test/powershell/engine/Basic/CommandDiscovery.Tests.ps1
+++ b/test/powershell/engine/Basic/CommandDiscovery.Tests.ps1
@@ -207,8 +207,12 @@ Describe "Command Discovery tests" -Tags "CI" {
     }
 
     Context "error cases" {
-        It 'Get-Command "less `"-PsPage %db?B of %DoesNotExist:`"" should throw Drive not found' {
-            {Get-Command -Name "less `"-PsPage %db?B of %DoesNotExist:`""} | Should -Throw -ErrorId 'DriveNotFound' -Because "The drive 'DoesNotExist:' should not exist"
+        It 'Get-Command "less `"-PsPage %db?B of %DoesNotExist:`"" should return nothing' {
+            Get-Command -Name "less `"-PsPage %db?B of %DoesNotExist:`"" | Should -BeNullOrEmpty
+        }
+
+        It "Should return command not found for commands in the global scope" {
+            {Get-Command -Name 'global:help' -ErrorAction Stop} | Should -Throw -ErrorId 'CommandNotFoundException'
         }
     }
 }