# Search your records with exact text or keywords in Medrecords AI > How the 2 search modes in Medrecords AI work, how keywords match word forms and medical codes, and when to use All or Any. Canonical page: https://medrecords.ai/help/tasks/search/ --- New — **Missing Records Detection:** flags every visit, provider, and date missing from the file. [See how →](https://medrecords.ai/product/missing-records-identification/) [Home](https://medrecords.ai/) ›[Help](https://medrecords.ai/help/) › — Search your records with exact text or keywords in Medrecords AI MEDRECORDS AI HELP ## Search your records with exact text or keywords in Medrecords AI Medrecords AI has 1 search box with 2 modes. Exact finds text exactly as you type it. Keywords finds whole words and their everyday forms, and gives each keyword its own colour. Search looks at the text of every page, not only the summaries. It is free to use as often as you like. Last checked 2026-10-24 — ·Written by Ahmed Jemaa **Help center contents26 articles** Start here - [Choose the right case type](https://medrecords.ai/help/tasks/choose-case-type/) - [Which files can you upload?](https://medrecords.ai/help/tasks/file-types-limits/) - [Confirm the case details, key date and focus](https://medrecords.ai/help/tasks/confirm-case/) - [Fix a failed upload or a stuck case](https://medrecords.ai/help/tasks/troubleshooting/) Work with the records - [Read the medical chronology](https://medrecords.ai/help/tasks/chronology/) - [Check any fact against its source page](https://medrecords.ai/help/tasks/verify-source/) - [Search your records with exact text or keywords](https://medrecords.ai/help/tasks/search/) - [Filter and group the documents index](https://medrecords.ai/help/tasks/documents-index/) - [Add flags, highlights and notes to records](https://medrecords.ai/help/tasks/annotations/) - [How duplicate pages are found and removed](https://medrecords.ai/help/tasks/deduplication/) - [Work through the missing records list](https://medrecords.ai/help/tasks/missing-records/) - [Add records to an existing case](https://medrecords.ai/help/tasks/add-records-later/) Write and share - [Edit the chronological narrative](https://medrecords.ai/help/tasks/narrative/) - [Create a report in Report Studio](https://medrecords.ai/help/tasks/report-studio/) - [Set up report templates](https://medrecords.ai/help/tasks/templates/) - [Export your work](https://medrecords.ai/help/tasks/export/) Account and trust - [Set your role](https://medrecords.ai/help/tasks/roles/) - [Is Medrecords AI HIPAA compliant, and who can see my cases?](https://medrecords.ai/help/tasks/security-hipaa/) - [How accurate is Medrecords AI, and what are its limits?](https://medrecords.ai/help/tasks/accuracy-limits/) - [Glossary of terms](https://medrecords.ai/help/glossary/) Case type playbooks - [Work a birth injury case](https://medrecords.ai/help/case-types/birth-injury/) - [Work a nursing home neglect case](https://medrecords.ai/help/case-types/nursing-home/) - [Work a VA disability case](https://medrecords.ai/help/case-types/va-disability/) - [Work a mass tort case](https://medrecords.ai/help/case-types/mass-tort/) - [Work a medical malpractice case](https://medrecords.ai/help/case-types/medical-malpractice/) - [Work a personal injury or car crash case](https://medrecords.ai/help/case-types/personal-injury/) [See every topic on the help center home](https://medrecords.ai/help/) ### Where to search | Screen | What the box says | | --- | --- | | Records tab, documents | "Search records…" | | Records tab, events | "Search entries…" | | Timeline tab | "Search records…" or "Search events…" | ### Pick a mode The mode switch sits inside the search box. On a narrow screen it is 1 button that flips between the 2 modes. - **Exact** looks for your text as typed, in any case. It finds parts of words too, so "arm" also finds "pharmacy". - **Keywords** looks for whole words. "arm" will not find "army". ### Search with keywords 1. Pick **Keywords** . 2. Type a word and press **Enter** . The box then says "Add another…". 3. Add more words the same way. Each one becomes a chip with its own colour and a count of hits. 4. With 2 or more keywords, choose **All** or **Any** . All shows records with every keyword. Any shows records with at least 1. 5. Remove a keyword with the x on its chip, or press **Clear keywords** . You can use up to 6 colours. ### How keywords match - A plain word finds its common forms. "fracture" finds fractured, fractures and fracturing. "injury" finds injuries. - Codes and levels match exactly, whatever the dash, slash or space. M54.5, 72148 and L4-L5 work as typed. - Put a phrase in quotes, such as "lumbar strain", to search for those words together and in that order. - Words are split on spaces and commas. A word typed twice counts once. ### What search covers On the Records tab, search reads each record's title, summary, providers, facilities, treatments, codes, body parts, quoted passages, events and the text of every page. On the Timeline, keywords also search every page. The page text loads first. If it cannot load, a note says keywords match titles, summaries and entries only. ### Search or filter? Use search to find words. Use filters to narrow by date, provider or category. You can use both at once. See [filter and group the documents index](https://medrecords.ai/help/tasks/documents-index/). ### Related help - [Filter and group the documents index](https://medrecords.ai/help/tasks/documents-index/) - [Check any fact against its source page](https://medrecords.ai/help/tasks/verify-source/) - [Add flags, highlights and notes to records](https://medrecords.ai/help/tasks/annotations/) - Read more about [medical record search](https://medrecords.ai/product/medical-record-search/). Facts checked against the Medrecords AI app code on 2026-10-24. ### Try it on a real file Upload a case and see the page count and cost before you confirm. [Book a demo](https://medrecords.ai/demo/)