diff --git a/src/addons/search/SearchHelper.ts b/src/addons/search/SearchHelper.ts
index d07c6b2c..f23a8c58 100644
--- a/src/addons/search/SearchHelper.ts
+++ b/src/addons/search/SearchHelper.ts
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
  */
 
 import { ISearchHelper, ISearchAddonTerminal, ISearchOptions, ISearchResult } from './Interfaces';
-const nonWordCharacters = ' ~!@#$%^&*()_+`-=[]{}|\;:"\',./<>?';
+const nonWordCharacters = ' ~!@#$%^&*()+`-=[]{}|\;:"\',./<>?';
 
 /**
  * A class that knows how to search the terminal and how to display the results.