diff --git a/app/src/header/layout.rs b/app/src/header/layout.rs
index 15695166..4371b95f 100644
--- a/app/src/header/layout.rs
+++ b/app/src/header/layout.rs
@@ -19,11 +19,11 @@ impl<'a> Widget for Layout<'a> {
 			.constraints([Constraint::Percentage(50), Constraint::Percentage(50)].as_ref())
 			.split(area);
 
-		let current = &self.cx.manager.current();
-		let location = if current.cwd.is_search() {
-			format!("{} (search)", readable_path(&current.cwd))
+		let cwd = &self.cx.manager.current().cwd;
+		let location = if cwd.is_search() {
+			format!("{} (search: {})", readable_path(cwd), cwd.frag().unwrap())
 		} else {
-			readable_path(&current.cwd)
+			readable_path(cwd)
 		};
 
 		Paragraph::new(location).style(Style::new().fg(Color::Cyan)).render(chunks[0], buf);
diff --git a/core/src/manager/tab.rs b/core/src/manager/tab.rs
index 6e8b656a..b24fb4b2 100644
--- a/core/src/manager/tab.rs
+++ b/core/src/manager/tab.rs
@@ -289,7 +289,7 @@ impl Tab {
 			handle.abort();
 		}
 
-		let cwd = self.current.cwd.to_search();
+		let mut cwd = self.current.cwd.clone();
 		let hidden = self.show_hidden;
 
 		self.search = Some(tokio::spawn(async move {
@@ -297,6 +297,7 @@ impl Tab {
 				bail!("canceled")
 			};
 
+			cwd = cwd.into_search(subject.clone());
 			let rx = if grep {
 				external::rg(external::RgOpt { cwd: cwd.clone(), hidden, subject })
 			} else {
diff --git a/shared/src/url.rs b/shared/src/url.rs
index 9b5b340c..10e45db3 100644
--- a/shared/src/url.rs
+++ b/shared/src/url.rs
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ use std::{ffi::{OsStr, OsString}, fmt::{Debug, Formatter}, ops::{Deref, DerefMut
 pub struct Url {
 	scheme: UrlScheme,
 	path:   PathBuf,
+	frag:   Option<String>,
 }
 
 #[derive(Clone, Copy, Default, Eq, Hash, Ord, PartialEq, PartialOrd)]
@@ -114,11 +115,12 @@ impl Url {
 	pub fn is_search(&self) -> bool { self.scheme == UrlScheme::Search }
 
 	#[inline]
-	pub fn to_search(&self) -> Self { self.clone().into_search() }
+	pub fn to_search(&self, frag: String) -> Self { self.clone().into_search(frag) }
 
 	#[inline]
-	pub fn into_search(mut self) -> Self {
+	pub fn into_search(mut self, frag: String) -> Self {
 		self.scheme = UrlScheme::Search;
+		self.frag = Some(frag);
 		self
 	}
 
@@ -137,4 +139,8 @@ impl Url {
 	// --- Path
 	#[inline]
 	pub fn set_path(&mut self, path: PathBuf) { self.path = path; }
+
+	// --- Frag
+	#[inline]
+	pub fn frag(&self) -> Option<&str> { self.frag.as_deref() }
 }