diff --git a/src/platform/packages/shared/kbn-discover-contextual-components/src/data_types/logs/components/cell_actions_popover.tsx b/src/platform/packages/shared/kbn-discover-contextual-components/src/data_types/logs/components/cell_actions_popover.tsx
index d989c17e3c732..5e3bc701821cc 100644
--- a/src/platform/packages/shared/kbn-discover-contextual-components/src/data_types/logs/components/cell_actions_popover.tsx
+++ b/src/platform/packages/shared/kbn-discover-contextual-components/src/data_types/logs/components/cell_actions_popover.tsx
@@ -11,15 +11,16 @@ import type { ReactElement, ReactNode } from 'react';
 import React, { useMemo } from 'react';
 import {
   EuiBadge,
-  type EuiBadgeProps,
+  EuiButtonEmpty,
+  EuiButtonIcon,
+  EuiCopy,
   EuiFlexGroup,
   EuiFlexItem,
   EuiPopover,
   EuiPopoverFooter,
   EuiText,
-  EuiButtonIcon,
-  EuiButtonEmpty,
-  EuiCopy,
+  EuiToolTip,
+  type EuiBadgeProps,
   useEuiTheme,
   useGeneratedHtmlId,
 } from '@elastic/eui';
@@ -124,14 +125,16 @@ export function CellActionsPopover({
           </EuiText>
         </EuiFlexItem>
         <EuiFlexItem grow={false}>
-          <EuiButtonIcon
-            aria-label={closeCellActionPopoverText}
-            data-test-subj="dataTableExpandCellActionPopoverClose"
-            iconSize="s"
-            iconType="cross"
-            size="xs"
-            onClick={closePopover}
-          />
+          <EuiToolTip content={closeCellActionPopoverText} disableScreenReaderOutput>
+            <EuiButtonIcon
+              aria-label={closeCellActionPopoverText}
+              data-test-subj="dataTableExpandCellActionPopoverClose"
+              iconSize="s"
+              iconType="cross"
+              size="xs"
+              onClick={closePopover}
+            />
+          </EuiToolTip>
         </EuiFlexItem>
       </EuiFlexGroup>
       {onFilter ? (
diff --git a/src/platform/packages/shared/kbn-discover-contextual-components/src/data_types/logs/components/summary_column/summary_column.tsx b/src/platform/packages/shared/kbn-discover-contextual-components/src/data_types/logs/components/summary_column/summary_column.tsx
index bb4d7bc4980c6..8907893c02332 100644
--- a/src/platform/packages/shared/kbn-discover-contextual-components/src/data_types/logs/components/summary_column/summary_column.tsx
+++ b/src/platform/packages/shared/kbn-discover-contextual-components/src/data_types/logs/components/summary_column/summary_column.tsx
@@ -9,7 +9,14 @@
 
 import { DataGridDensity, type DataGridCellValueElementProps } from '@kbn/unified-data-table';
 import React, { useMemo } from 'react';
-import { EuiButtonIcon, EuiCodeBlock, EuiFlexGroup, EuiText, EuiTitle } from '@elastic/eui';
+import {
+  EuiButtonIcon,
+  EuiCodeBlock,
+  EuiFlexGroup,
+  EuiText,
+  EuiTitle,
+  EuiToolTip,
+} from '@elastic/eui';
 import { JsonCodeEditor } from '@kbn/unified-doc-viewer-plugin/public';
 import type { DocViewFilterFn } from '@kbn/unified-doc-viewer/types';
 import type { CoreStart } from '@kbn/core-lifecycle-browser';
@@ -187,15 +194,17 @@ export const SummaryCellPopover = (props: AllSummaryColumnProps) => {
 
   return (
     <EuiFlexGroup direction="column" css={{ position: 'relative', width: 580 }}>
-      <EuiButtonIcon
-        aria-label={closeCellActionPopoverText}
-        data-test-subj="docTableClosePopover"
-        iconSize="s"
-        iconType="cross"
-        size="xs"
-        onClick={closePopover}
-        css={{ position: 'absolute', right: 0 }}
-      />
+      <EuiToolTip content={closeCellActionPopoverText} disableScreenReaderOutput>
+        <EuiButtonIcon
+          aria-label={closeCellActionPopoverText}
+          data-test-subj="docTableClosePopover"
+          iconSize="s"
+          iconType="cross"
+          size="xs"
+          onClick={closePopover}
+          css={{ position: 'absolute', right: 0 }}
+        />
+      </EuiToolTip>
       {shouldRenderResource && (
         <EuiFlexGroup direction="column" gutterSize="s">
           <EuiTitle size="xxs">