diff --git a/novelwriter/core/coretools.py b/novelwriter/core/coretools.py
index 0a36bc81..7ecd04d7 100644
--- a/novelwriter/core/coretools.py
+++ b/novelwriter/core/coretools.py
@@ -306,10 +306,10 @@ class DocDuplicator:
 
 class DocSearch:
 
-    def __init__(self, project: NWProject, regEx: bool, doCase: bool, wordsOnly: bool) -> None:
+    def __init__(self, project: NWProject, regEx: bool, doCase: bool, wholeWords: bool) -> None:
         self._project = project
         self._escape = not regEx
-        self._words = wordsOnly and not regEx
+        self._words = wholeWords
         self._rxOpts = QRegularExpression.PatternOption.UseUnicodePropertiesOption
         if not doCase:
             self._rxOpts |= QRegularExpression.PatternOption.CaseInsensitiveOption
@@ -354,7 +354,10 @@ class DocSearch:
                     else:
                         escaped += f"\\{c}"
                 search = escaped
-        return f"\\b{search}\\b" if self._words else search
+        if self._words:
+            search = search if search.startswith("\\b") else f"\\b{search}"
+            search = search if search.endswith("\\b") else f"{search}\\b"
+        return search
 
 # END Class DocSearch
 
diff --git a/novelwriter/gui/doceditor.py b/novelwriter/gui/doceditor.py
index 8cd72429..6f6edfb6 100644
--- a/novelwriter/gui/doceditor.py
+++ b/novelwriter/gui/doceditor.py
@@ -637,6 +637,14 @@ class GuiDocEditor(QPlainTextEdit):
                 logger.debug("Cursor moved to line %d", line)
         return
 
+    def setCursorSelection(self, selStart: int, selLength: int) -> None:
+        """Make a text selection."""
+        cursor = self.textCursor()
+        cursor.setPosition(selStart, QTextCursor.MoveMode.MoveAnchor)
+        cursor.setPosition(selStart + selLength, QTextCursor.MoveMode.KeepAnchor)
+        self.setTextCursor(cursor)
+        return
+
     ##
     #  Spell Checking
     ##
@@ -791,11 +799,7 @@ class GuiDocEditor(QPlainTextEdit):
 
     def anyFocus(self) -> bool:
         """Check if any widget or child widget has focus."""
-        if self.hasFocus():
-            return True
-        if self.isAncestorOf(qApp.focusWidget()):
-            return True
-        return False
+        return self.hasFocus() or self.isAncestorOf(qApp.focusWidget())
 
     def revealLocation(self) -> None:
         """Tell the user where on the file system the file in the editor
diff --git a/novelwriter/gui/search.py b/novelwriter/gui/search.py
index 3568a3f1..674008c4 100644
--- a/novelwriter/gui/search.py
+++ b/novelwriter/gui/search.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ from __future__ import annotations
 
 import logging
 
-from PyQt5.QtCore import QSize, Qt, pyqtSlot
+from PyQt5.QtCore import QSize, Qt, pyqtSignal, pyqtSlot
 from PyQt5.QtGui import QPalette
 from PyQt5.QtWidgets import (
     QHBoxLayout, QLabel, QLineEdit, QToolBar, QTreeWidget, QTreeWidgetItem,
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ from PyQt5.QtWidgets import (
 )
 
 from novelwriter import CONFIG, SHARED
+from novelwriter.common import checkInt
 from novelwriter.core.coretools import DocSearch
 from novelwriter.core.item import NWItem
 
@@ -41,6 +42,11 @@ logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 class GuiProjectSearch(QWidget):
 
+    D_HANDLE = Qt.ItemDataRole.UserRole
+    D_RESULT = Qt.ItemDataRole.UserRole + 1
+
+    openDocumentSelectRequest = pyqtSignal(str, int, int)
+
     def __init__(self, parent: QWidget) -> None:
         super().__init__(parent=parent)
 
@@ -69,10 +75,11 @@ class GuiProjectSearch(QWidget):
         self.toggleRegEx = self.searchOpt.addAction(self.tr("RegEx Mode"))
         self.toggleRegEx.setCheckable(True)
 
-        # Controls
+        # Search Box
         self.searchText = QLineEdit(self)
         self.searchText.setPlaceholderText(self.tr("Search text ..."))
         self.searchText.setClearButtonEnabled(True)
+
         self.searchAction = self.searchText.addAction(
             SHARED.theme.getIcon("search"), QLineEdit.ActionPosition.TrailingPosition
         )
@@ -81,6 +88,9 @@ class GuiProjectSearch(QWidget):
         # Search Result
         self.searchResult = QTreeWidget(self)
         self.searchResult.setHeaderHidden(True)
+        self.searchResult.setIconSize(QSize(iPx, iPx))
+        self.searchResult.setIndentation(iPx)
+        self.searchResult.itemPressed.connect(self._searchResultSelected)
 
         # Assemble
         self.headerBox = QHBoxLayout()
@@ -119,6 +129,12 @@ class GuiProjectSearch(QWidget):
 
         return
 
+    def processReturn(self) -> None:
+        """Process a return key press forwarded from main GUI."""
+        if self.searchText.hasFocus():
+            self._processSearch()
+        return
+
     ##
     #  Private Slots
     ##
@@ -136,21 +152,40 @@ class GuiProjectSearch(QWidget):
                 self._appendResultSet(item, results)
         return
 
+    @pyqtSlot("QTreeWidgetItem*", int)
+    def _searchResultSelected(self, item: QTreeWidgetItem, column: int) -> None:
+        """Process search result selection."""
+        if (data := item.data(0, self.D_RESULT)) and len(data) == 3:
+            self.openDocumentSelectRequest.emit(
+                str(data[0]), checkInt(data[1], -1), checkInt(data[2], -1)
+            )
+        return
+
     ##
     #  Internal Functions
     ##
 
-    def _appendResultSet(self, item: NWItem, results: list[tuple[int, int, str]]) -> None:
+    def _appendResultSet(self, nwItem: NWItem, results: list[tuple[int, int, str]]) -> None:
         """Populate the result tree."""
         if results:
+            tHandle = nwItem.itemHandle
+            docIcon = SHARED.theme.getItemIcon(
+                nwItem.itemType, nwItem.itemClass,
+                nwItem.itemLayout, nwItem.mainHeading
+            )
+
             tItem = QTreeWidgetItem()
-            tItem.setText(0, f"{item.itemName} ({len(results)})")
+            tItem.setText(0, f"{nwItem.itemName} ({len(results)})")
+            tItem.setIcon(0, docIcon)
+            tItem.setData(0, self.D_HANDLE, tHandle)
             rItems = []
-            for start, end, context in results:
+            for start, length, context in results:
                 rItem = QTreeWidgetItem()
                 rItem.setText(0, context)
+                rItem.setData(0, self.D_RESULT, (tHandle, start, length))
                 rItems.append(rItem)
             tItem.addChildren(rItems)
+            tItem.setExpanded(True)
             self.searchResult.addTopLevelItem(tItem)
         return
 
diff --git a/novelwriter/guimain.py b/novelwriter/guimain.py
index 5983b2dc..c247c218 100644
--- a/novelwriter/guimain.py
+++ b/novelwriter/guimain.py
@@ -263,6 +263,8 @@ class GuiMain(QMainWindow):
         self.novelView.selectedItemChanged.connect(self.itemDetails.updateViewBox)
         self.novelView.openDocumentRequest.connect(self._openDocument)
 
+        self.projSearch.openDocumentSelectRequest.connect(self._openDocumentSelection)
+
         self.docEditor.editedStatusChanged.connect(self.mainStatus.updateDocumentStatus)
         self.docEditor.docCountsChanged.connect(self.itemDetails.updateCounts)
         self.docEditor.docCountsChanged.connect(self.projView.updateCounts)
@@ -1150,6 +1152,13 @@ class GuiMain(QMainWindow):
                 self.viewDocument(tHandle=tHandle, sTitle=sTitle)
         return
 
+    @pyqtSlot(str, int, int)
+    def _openDocumentSelection(self, tHandle: str, selStart: int, selLength: int) -> None:
+        """Open a document and select a section of the text."""
+        if self.openDocument(tHandle):
+            self.docEditor.setCursorSelection(selStart, selLength)
+        return
+
     @pyqtSlot()
     def _reloadViewer(self) -> None:
         """Reload the document in the viewer."""
@@ -1263,15 +1272,16 @@ class GuiMain(QMainWindow):
 
     @pyqtSlot()
     def _keyPressReturn(self) -> None:
-        """Forward the return/enter keypress to the function that opens
-        the currently selected item.
-        """
-        self.openSelectedItem()
+        """Process a return or enter keypress in the main window."""
+        if self.projStack.currentWidget() == self.projSearch:
+            self.projSearch.processReturn()
+        else:
+            self.openSelectedItem()
         return
 
     @pyqtSlot()
     def _keyPressEscape(self) -> None:
-        """Process escape keypress in the main window."""
+        """Process an escape keypress in the main window."""
         if self.docEditor.docSearch.isVisible():
             self.docEditor.closeSearch()
         elif SHARED.focusMode:
diff --git a/tests/test_gui/test_gui_outline.py b/tests/test_gui/test_gui_outline.py
index 48e4a06e..1aa0565f 100644
--- a/tests/test_gui/test_gui_outline.py
+++ b/tests/test_gui/test_gui_outline.py
@@ -237,7 +237,7 @@ def testGuiOutline_Content(qtbot, monkeypatch, nwGUI, prjLipsum, fncPath, tstPat
     selItem = outlineTree.topLevelItem(0)
 
     outlineTree.setCurrentItem(selItem)
-    assert outlineData.titleLabel.text() == "<b>Title</b>"
+    assert outlineData.titleLabel.text() == "Title"
     assert outlineData.titleValue.text() == "Lorem Ipsum"
     assert outlineData.fileValue.text() == "Lorem Ipsum"
     assert outlineData.itemValue.text() == "Finished"
@@ -256,7 +256,7 @@ def testGuiOutline_Content(qtbot, monkeypatch, nwGUI, prjLipsum, fncPath, tstPat
     assert tHandle == "88243afbe5ed8"
     assert sTitle == "T0001"
 
-    assert outlineData.titleLabel.text() == "<b>Scene</b>"
+    assert outlineData.titleLabel.text() == "Scene"
     assert outlineData.titleValue.text() == "Scene One"
     assert outlineData.fileValue.text() == "Scene One"
     assert outlineData.itemValue.text() == "Finished"
@@ -274,7 +274,7 @@ def testGuiOutline_Content(qtbot, monkeypatch, nwGUI, prjLipsum, fncPath, tstPat
     assert tHandle == "88243afbe5ed8"
     assert sTitle == "T0002"
 
-    assert outlineData.titleLabel.text() == "<b>Section</b>"
+    assert outlineData.titleLabel.text() == "Section"
     assert outlineData.titleValue.text() == "Scene One, Section Two"
     assert outlineData.fileValue.text() == "Scene One"
     assert outlineData.itemValue.text() == "Finished"