To troubleshoot search not returning any results in SharePoint, check the following:
- Check and verify that the status of the search services is 'Online' in Central Administration.
 - Check if there are sufficient permissions to use the search service.
 - Check if the crawl has actually happened and content sources/websites have been indexed.
 - Try re-indexing the content sources/websites.
 - Check if searchable columns have been created in the list.
 
