A bilinear form of a nonisospectral differential-difference equation related to the Ablowitz–Ladik (AL) spectral problem is derived by a transformation of dependent variables. Exact solutions to the resulting bilinear equation are found. The [Formula: see text]-soliton-like solutions and the double Casoratian solutions are derived by means of Hirota’s direct method and the double Casoratian technique, respectively. Moreover, the connection between those two classes of solutions is explored.