diff --git a/include/model/CTokenListDataCategorizerBase.h b/include/model/CTokenListDataCategorizerBase.h
index e53ffe7af9..1b295b041f 100644
--- a/include/model/CTokenListDataCategorizerBase.h
+++ b/include/model/CTokenListDataCategorizerBase.h
@@ -324,7 +324,8 @@ class MODEL_EXPORT CTokenListDataCategorizerBase : public CDataCategorizer {
     TTokenListCategoryVec m_Categories;
 
     //! List of match count/index into category vector in descending order of
-    //! match count
+    //! match count.  Note that the second element is an index into m_Categories,
+    //! not a category ID.
     TSizeSizePrVec m_CategoriesByCount;
 
     //! Used for looking up tokens to a unique ID
diff --git a/lib/model/CTokenListDataCategorizerBase.cc b/lib/model/CTokenListDataCategorizerBase.cc
index 780737ff92..fdfe0d99ad 100644
--- a/lib/model/CTokenListDataCategorizerBase.cc
+++ b/lib/model/CTokenListDataCategorizerBase.cc
@@ -179,6 +179,9 @@ bool CTokenListDataCategorizerBase::createReverseSearch(int categoryId,
                                                         std::string& part2,
                                                         std::size_t& maxMatchingLength,
                                                         bool& wasCached) {
+    wasCached = false;
+    maxMatchingLength = 0;
+
     if (m_ReverseSearchCreator == nullptr) {
         LOG_ERROR(<< "Cannot create reverse search - no reverse search creator");
 
@@ -207,8 +210,8 @@ bool CTokenListDataCategorizerBase::createReverseSearch(int categoryId,
     maxMatchingLength = category.maxMatchingStringLen();
 
     // If we can retrieve cached reverse search terms we'll save a lot of time
-    if (category.cachedReverseSearch(part1, part2) == true) {
-        wasCached = true;
+    wasCached = category.cachedReverseSearch(part1, part2);
+    if (wasCached) {
         return true;
     }
 
@@ -634,17 +637,17 @@ CDataCategorizer::TIntVec CTokenListDataCategorizerBase::usurpedCategories(int c
     }
     auto iter = std::find_if(m_CategoriesByCount.begin(), m_CategoriesByCount.end(),
                              [categoryId](const TSizeSizePr& pr) {
-                                 return pr.second == static_cast<std::size_t>(categoryId);
+                                 return pr.second ==
+                                        static_cast<std::size_t>(categoryId - 1);
                              });
     if (iter == m_CategoriesByCount.end()) {
         LOG_WARN(<< "Could not find category definition for category: " << categoryId);
         return usurped;
     }
-    ++iter;
+
     const CTokenListCategory& category{m_Categories[categoryId - 1]};
-    for (; iter != m_CategoriesByCount.end(); ++iter) {
-        const CTokenListCategory& lessFrequentCategory{
-            m_Categories[static_cast<int>(iter->second) - 1]};
+    for (++iter; iter != m_CategoriesByCount.end(); ++iter) {
+        const CTokenListCategory& lessFrequentCategory{m_Categories[iter->second]};
         bool matchesSearch{category.maxMatchingStringLen() >=
                                lessFrequentCategory.maxMatchingStringLen() &&
                            category.isMissingCommonTokenWeightZero(
@@ -652,9 +655,10 @@ CDataCategorizer::TIntVec CTokenListDataCategorizerBase::usurpedCategories(int c
                            category.containsCommonInOrderTokensInOrder(
                                lessFrequentCategory.baseTokenIds())};
         if (matchesSearch) {
-            usurped.emplace_back(static_cast<int>(iter->second));
+            usurped.emplace_back(1 + static_cast<int>(iter->second));
         }
     }
+    std::sort(usurped.begin(), usurped.end());
     return usurped;
 }
 
diff --git a/lib/model/unittest/CTokenListDataCategorizerTest.cc b/lib/model/unittest/CTokenListDataCategorizerTest.cc
index 5dcd77d16e..664366206d 100644
--- a/lib/model/unittest/CTokenListDataCategorizerTest.cc
+++ b/lib/model/unittest/CTokenListDataCategorizerTest.cc
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the Elastic License.
  */
 
+#include <core/CContainerPrinter.h>
 #include <core/CLogger.h>
 #include <core/CRapidXmlParser.h>
 #include <core/CRapidXmlStatePersistInserter.h>
@@ -542,13 +543,13 @@ BOOST_FIXTURE_TEST_CASE(testUsurpedCategories, CTestFixture) {
                                                        500));
 
     BOOST_REQUIRE_EQUAL(2, categorizer.numMatches(1));
-    std::vector<int> expected{2, 3, 4, 5, 6};
-    std::vector<int> actual = categorizer.usurpedCategories(1);
 
-    BOOST_REQUIRE_EQUAL(expected.size(), actual.size());
-    for (std::size_t i = 0; i < actual.size(); i++) {
-        BOOST_REQUIRE_EQUAL(expected[i], actual[i]);
-    }
+    using TIntVec = std::vector<int>;
+    TIntVec expected{2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7};
+    TIntVec actual{categorizer.usurpedCategories(1)};
+
+    BOOST_REQUIRE_EQUAL(ml::core::CContainerPrinter::print(expected),
+                        ml::core::CContainerPrinter::print(actual));
     checkMemoryUsageInstrumentation(categorizer);
 }