diff --git a/src/cli.rs b/src/cli.rs
index ede5de4..ca58d29 100644
--- a/src/cli.rs
+++ b/src/cli.rs
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ pub struct Cli {
 pub enum FormatMode {
     Pretty,
     Json,
+    Compact,
 }
 
 impl std::fmt::Display for FormatMode {
diff --git a/src/cmd/search.rs b/src/cmd/search.rs
index 5781443..e2dd050 100644
--- a/src/cmd/search.rs
+++ b/src/cmd/search.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 use crate::cli::FormatMode;
 use crate::jira_config::JiraConfig;
-use crate::types::issue::{display_issues_json, display_issues_pretty};
+use crate::types::issue::{display_issues_compact, display_issues_json, display_issues_pretty};
 
 pub async fn exec(output: FormatMode, jql: &str) -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error>> {
     let config = JiraConfig::load().map_err(|e| format!("Configuration error: {}", e))?;
@@ -26,6 +26,10 @@ pub async fn exec(output: FormatMode, jql: &str) -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::erro
         }
         (FormatMode::Json, false) => display_issues_json(&result.issues)?,
         (FormatMode::Json, true) => println!("[]"),
+        (FormatMode::Compact, false) => display_issues_compact(&result.issues)?,
+        (FormatMode::Compact, true) => {
+            println!("No results found for query.");
+        }
     }
 
     Ok(())
diff --git a/src/cmd/view.rs b/src/cmd/view.rs
index 72cdeda..251c951 100644
--- a/src/cmd/view.rs
+++ b/src/cmd/view.rs
@@ -142,6 +142,7 @@ pub async fn exec(output: FormatMode, issue_key: &str) -> Result<(), Box<dyn std
     match output {
         FormatMode::Pretty => pretty_print(&fetched_issue)?,
         FormatMode::Json => json_print(&fetched_issue)?,
+        FormatMode::Compact => todo!(),
     }
 
     Ok(())
diff --git a/src/types/issue.rs b/src/types/issue.rs
index 455cb1b..59afac0 100644
--- a/src/types/issue.rs
+++ b/src/types/issue.rs
@@ -122,6 +122,27 @@ pub fn display_issues_pretty(issues: &[JiraIssue]) -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::er
     Ok(())
 }
 
+pub fn display_issues_compact(issues: &[JiraIssue]) -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error>> {
+    println!("Found {} issues:", issues.len());
+    println!("{:-<80}", "");
+
+    let mut tw = tabwriter::TabWriter::new(vec![]);
+    for issue in issues {
+        writeln!(
+            tw,
+            "{}:\t{}",
+            issue.key.clone().blue(),
+            issue.fields.summary.clone().green()
+        )?;
+    }
+
+    tw.flush().unwrap();
+    let written = String::from_utf8(tw.into_inner().unwrap()).unwrap();
+    print!("{}", written);
+
+    Ok(())
+}
+
 pub fn display_issues_json(issues: &[JiraIssue]) -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error>> {
     let j = serde_json::to_string_pretty(issues)?;
     println!("{}", j);