diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/observability_solution/investigate_app/public/plugin.tsx b/x-pack/plugins/observability_solution/investigate_app/public/plugin.tsx
index 53cae81320a7e5..0443da536e317a 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/observability_solution/investigate_app/public/plugin.tsx
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/observability_solution/investigate_app/public/plugin.tsx
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 import { css } from '@emotion/css';
 import {
   AppMountParameters,
+  AppStatus,
   APP_WRAPPER_CLASS,
   CoreSetup,
   CoreStart,
@@ -41,10 +42,13 @@ export class InvestigateAppPlugin
     >
 {
   logger: Logger;
+  config: ConfigSchema;
 
   constructor(context: PluginInitializerContext<ConfigSchema>) {
     this.logger = context.logger.get();
+    this.config = context.config.get();
   }
+
   setup(
     coreSetup: CoreSetup<InvestigateAppStartDependencies, InvestigateAppPublicStart>,
     pluginsSetup: InvestigateAppSetupDependencies
@@ -52,17 +56,18 @@ export class InvestigateAppPlugin
     coreSetup.application.register({
       id: INVESTIGATE_APP_ID,
       title: i18n.translate('xpack.investigateApp.appTitle', {
-        defaultMessage: 'Observability AI Assistant',
+        defaultMessage: 'Observability Investigate',
       }),
       euiIconType: 'logoObservability',
       appRoute: '/app/investigate',
       category: DEFAULT_APP_CATEGORIES.observability,
+      status: this.config.enabled ? AppStatus.accessible : AppStatus.inaccessible,
       visibleIn: [],
       deepLinks: [
         {
           id: 'investigate',
-          title: i18n.translate('xpack.investigateApp.investigateDeepLinkTitle', {
-            defaultMessage: 'Investigate',
+          title: i18n.translate('xpack.investigateApp.newInvestigateDeepLinkTitle', {
+            defaultMessage: 'New investigation',
           }),
           path: '/new',
         },
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/observability_solution/investigate_app/public/types.ts b/x-pack/plugins/observability_solution/investigate_app/public/types.ts
index af3657b712b597..660a9ca9c8d1da 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/observability_solution/investigate_app/public/types.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/observability_solution/investigate_app/public/types.ts
@@ -30,7 +30,9 @@ import type { UnifiedSearchPublicPluginStart } from '@kbn/unified-search-plugin/
 
 /* eslint-disable @typescript-eslint/no-empty-interface*/
 
-export interface ConfigSchema {}
+export interface ConfigSchema {
+  enabled: boolean;
+}
 
 export interface InvestigateAppSetupDependencies {
   investigate: InvestigatePublicSetup;
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/observability_solution/investigate_app/server/config.ts b/x-pack/plugins/observability_solution/investigate_app/server/config.ts
index e49356ade1c1a5..10f9804506015f 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/observability_solution/investigate_app/server/config.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/observability_solution/investigate_app/server/config.ts
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 import { schema, type TypeOf } from '@kbn/config-schema';
 
 export const config = schema.object({
-  enabled: schema.boolean({ defaultValue: true }),
+  enabled: schema.boolean({ defaultValue: false }),
 });
 
 export type InvestigateAppConfig = TypeOf<typeof config>;
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/observability_solution/investigate_app/server/index.ts b/x-pack/plugins/observability_solution/investigate_app/server/index.ts
index 0ffe06b430cea9..bed166115a3889 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/observability_solution/investigate_app/server/index.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/observability_solution/investigate_app/server/index.ts
@@ -4,9 +4,12 @@
  * 2.0; you may not use this file except in compliance with the Elastic License
  * 2.0.
  */
-import type { PluginInitializer, PluginInitializerContext } from '@kbn/core/server';
-import { InvestigateAppConfig } from './config';
-
+import type {
+  PluginConfigDescriptor,
+  PluginInitializer,
+  PluginInitializerContext,
+} from '@kbn/core/server';
+import type { InvestigateAppConfig } from './config';
 import { InvestigateAppPlugin } from './plugin';
 import type {
   InvestigateAppServerSetup,
@@ -14,11 +17,19 @@ import type {
   InvestigateAppSetupDependencies,
   InvestigateAppStartDependencies,
 } from './types';
+import { config as configSchema } from './config';
 
 export type { InvestigateAppServerRouteRepository } from './routes/get_global_investigate_app_server_route_repository';
 
 export type { InvestigateAppServerSetup, InvestigateAppServerStart };
 
+export const config: PluginConfigDescriptor<InvestigateAppConfig> = {
+  schema: configSchema,
+  exposeToBrowser: {
+    enabled: true,
+  },
+};
+
 export const plugin: PluginInitializer<
   InvestigateAppServerSetup,
   InvestigateAppServerStart,