Spotlight window dominating Finder

Somehow I have ended up with a spotlight window in the finder that I can't get to go away. It says "Spotlight Comments" and it sits on top of everything.
It also has a drop down menu for Labels and a place for comments. But my cursor can't interact with it.
How did it get there anbd how do I make it go away? Never seen anything like it.

Turns out it is a bug with Default Folder. They are probably soon going to be releasing updates. Quit default folder and the window will go away.

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