diff --git a/addons/addon-search/src/SearchAddon.ts b/addons/addon-search/src/SearchAddon.ts
index 79ed31ba..6bc1ae76 100644
--- a/addons/addon-search/src/SearchAddon.ts
+++ b/addons/addon-search/src/SearchAddon.ts
@@ -499,12 +499,18 @@ export class SearchAddon extends Disposable implements ITerminalAddon , ISearchA
     const [stringLine, offsets] = cache;
 
     const offset = this._bufferColsToStringOffset(row, col);
-    const searchTerm = searchOptions.caseSensitive ? term : term.toLowerCase();
-    const searchStringLine = searchOptions.caseSensitive ? stringLine : stringLine.toLowerCase();
+    let searchTerm: string = term;
+    let searchStringLine: string = stringLine;
+    if (searchOptions.regex === false){
+      searchTerm = searchOptions.caseSensitive ? term : term.toLowerCase();
+      searchStringLine = searchOptions.caseSensitive ? stringLine : stringLine.toLowerCase();
+    }
 
     let resultIndex = -1;
     if (searchOptions.regex) {
-      const searchRegex = RegExp(searchTerm, 'g');
+      let regexFlags = 'g';
+      searchOptions.caseSensitive !== true  ? regexFlags+='i':'';
+      const searchRegex = RegExp(searchTerm, regexFlags);
       let foundTerm: RegExpExecArray | null;
       if (isReverseSearch) {
         // This loop will get the resultIndex of the _last_ regex match in the range 0..offset