If I run this block I get test as a result, but all its properties have
been stripped.

#+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp :results drawer
(propertize "test" 'font-lock-face '(:foreground "red") 'help-echo
"tooltip")
#+END_SRC

#+RESULTS:
:RESULTS:
test
:END:

Does anyone know where this happens and if it can be avoided?

Thanks,
John

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Professor John Kitchin
Doherty Hall A207F
Department of Chemical Engineering
Carnegie Mellon University
Pittsburgh, PA 15213
412-268-7803
@johnkitchin
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