Frontend search box only display

I was hoping that there would be a way to add *only* a searchbox to a page to search within a table without showing any results before the search is done. (in other words, only show results on the page if a search returns a match). In the current shortcode builder you can remove almost everything but the search box, but it defaults to at least showing one column of the table. I’m trying to use the plugin to allow users to search the results in the table to prevent them from having to add to it if the item is already in the system. I’d just love to hide the latest row column. Any way this can be done currently? or if not maybe a feature request for “search box only” frontend capability?