diff --git a/source/blender/blenlib/intern/string_search.cc b/source/blender/blenlib/intern/string_search.cc
index f87304863c9..50bbc253346 100644
--- a/source/blender/blenlib/intern/string_search.cc
+++ b/source/blender/blenlib/intern/string_search.cc
@@ -346,13 +346,15 @@ void extract_normalized_words(StringRef str,
                               Vector<StringRef, 64> &r_words)
 {
   const uint32_t unicode_space = uint32_t(' ');
+  const uint32_t unicode_slash = uint32_t('/');
   const uint32_t unicode_right_triangle = UI_MENU_ARROW_SEP_UNICODE;
 
   BLI_assert(unicode_space == BLI_str_utf8_as_unicode(" "));
+  BLI_assert(unicode_slash == BLI_str_utf8_as_unicode("/"));
   BLI_assert(unicode_right_triangle == BLI_str_utf8_as_unicode(UI_MENU_ARROW_SEP));
 
   auto is_separator = [&](uint32_t unicode) {
-    return ELEM(unicode, unicode_space, unicode_right_triangle);
+    return ELEM(unicode, unicode_space, unicode_slash, unicode_right_triangle);
   };
 
   /* Make a copy of the string so that we can edit it. */