diff --git a/novelwriter/core/coretools.py b/novelwriter/core/coretools.py
index 5b4dc6d7..72f6ca8e 100644
--- a/novelwriter/core/coretools.py
+++ b/novelwriter/core/coretools.py
@@ -343,7 +343,7 @@ class DocSearch:
         count = 0
         capped = False
         results = []
-        for match in re.finditer(self._regEx, text):
+        for match in self._regEx.finditer(text):
             pos = match.start(0)
             num = len(match.group(0))
             lim = text[:pos].rfind("\n") + 1
diff --git a/novelwriter/core/tokenizer.py b/novelwriter/core/tokenizer.py
index 4c90127a..8dc4f096 100644
--- a/novelwriter/core/tokenizer.py
+++ b/novelwriter/core/tokenizer.py
@@ -1109,14 +1109,14 @@ class Tokenizer(ABC):
 
         # Match Markdown
         for regEx, fmts in self._rxMarkdown:
-            for match in re.finditer(regEx, text):
+            for match in regEx.finditer(text):
                 temp.extend(
                     (match.start(n), match.end(n), fmt, "")
                     for n, fmt in enumerate(fmts) if fmt > 0
                 )
 
         # Match Shortcodes
-        for match in re.finditer(REGEX_PATTERNS.shortcodePlain, text):
+        for match in REGEX_PATTERNS.shortcodePlain.finditer(text):
             temp.append((
                 match.start(1), match.end(1),
                 self._shortCodeFmt.get(match.group(1).lower(), 0),
@@ -1125,7 +1125,7 @@ class Tokenizer(ABC):
 
         # Match Shortcode w/Values
         tHandle = self._handle or ""
-        for match in re.finditer(REGEX_PATTERNS.shortcodeValue, text):
+        for match in REGEX_PATTERNS.shortcodeValue.finditer(text):
             kind = self._shortCodeVals.get(match.group(1).lower(), 0)
             temp.append((
                 match.start(0), match.end(0),
@@ -1136,7 +1136,7 @@ class Tokenizer(ABC):
         # Match Dialogue
         if self._rxDialogue and hDialog:
             for regEx, fmtB, fmtE in self._rxDialogue:
-                for match in re.finditer(regEx, text):
+                for match in regEx.finditer(text):
                     temp.append((match.start(0), 0, fmtB, ""))
                     temp.append((match.end(0), 0, fmtE, ""))
 
diff --git a/novelwriter/gui/dochighlight.py b/novelwriter/gui/dochighlight.py
index 1af885e2..a19e0945 100644
--- a/novelwriter/gui/dochighlight.py
+++ b/novelwriter/gui/dochighlight.py
@@ -483,20 +483,19 @@ class TextBlockData(QTextBlockUserData):
         """
         if "[" in text:
             # Strip shortcodes
-            for rX in [RX_FMT_SC, RX_FMT_SV]:
-                for match in re.finditer(rX, text[offset:]):
-                    iS = match.start(0) + offset
-                    iE = match.end(0) + offset
-                    if iS >= 0 and iE >= 0:
-                        text = text[:iS] + " "*(iE - iS) + text[iE:]
+            for regEx in [RX_FMT_SC, RX_FMT_SV]:
+                for match in regEx.finditer(text, offset):
+                    if (s := match.start(0)) >= 0 and (e := match.end(0)) >= 0:
+                        pad = " "*(e - s)
+                        text = f"{text[:s]}{pad}{text[e:]}"
 
         self._spellErrors = []
         checker = SHARED.spelling
-        for match in re.finditer(RX_WORDS, text[offset:].replace("_", " ")):
+        for match in RX_WORDS.finditer(text.replace("_", " ")):
             if (
                 (word := match.group(0))
                 and not (word.isnumeric() or word.isupper() or checker.checkWord(word))
             ):
-                self._spellErrors.append((match.start(0) + offset, match.end(0) + offset))
+                self._spellErrors.append((match.start(0), match.end(0)))
 
         return self._spellErrors
diff --git a/tests/test_text/test_text_patterns.py b/tests/test_text/test_text_patterns.py
index 7f1def90..ae021169 100644
--- a/tests/test_text/test_text_patterns.py
+++ b/tests/test_text/test_text_patterns.py
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ from novelwriter.text.patterns import REGEX_PATTERNS
 def allMatches(regEx: re.Pattern, text: str) -> list[list[str]]:
     """Get all matches for a regex."""
     result = []
-    for match in re.finditer(regEx, text):
+    for match in regEx.finditer(text):
         result.append([
             (match.group(n), match.start(n), match.end(n))
             for n in range((match.lastindex or 0) + 1)