diff --git a/src/main/java/ca/tweetzy/auctionhouse/api/AuctionAPI.java b/src/main/java/ca/tweetzy/auctionhouse/api/AuctionAPI.java
index f2a0a88..7b5919b 100644
--- a/src/main/java/ca/tweetzy/auctionhouse/api/AuctionAPI.java
+++ b/src/main/java/ca/tweetzy/auctionhouse/api/AuctionAPI.java
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@ import java.util.Base64;
 import java.util.Date;
 import java.util.concurrent.ThreadLocalRandom;
 import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
+import java.util.regex.Matcher;
+import java.util.regex.Pattern;
 
 /**
  * The current file has been created by Kiran Hart
@@ -214,4 +216,10 @@ public class AuctionAPI {
             e.printStackTrace();
         }
     }
+
+    public boolean match(String pattern, String sentence) {
+        Pattern patt = Pattern.compile(pattern, Pattern.CASE_INSENSITIVE);
+        Matcher matcher = patt.matcher(sentence);
+        return matcher.find();
+    }
 }
diff --git a/src/main/java/ca/tweetzy/auctionhouse/commands/CommandSearch.java b/src/main/java/ca/tweetzy/auctionhouse/commands/CommandSearch.java
index 3155518..982be9e 100644
--- a/src/main/java/ca/tweetzy/auctionhouse/commands/CommandSearch.java
+++ b/src/main/java/ca/tweetzy/auctionhouse/commands/CommandSearch.java
@@ -1,7 +1,10 @@
 package ca.tweetzy.auctionhouse.commands;
 
+import ca.tweetzy.auctionhouse.AuctionHouse;
+import ca.tweetzy.auctionhouse.guis.GUIAuctionHouse;
 import ca.tweetzy.core.commands.AbstractCommand;
 import org.bukkit.command.CommandSender;
+import org.bukkit.entity.Player;
 
 import java.util.List;
 
@@ -20,6 +23,14 @@ public class CommandSearch extends AbstractCommand {
     @Override
     protected ReturnType runCommand(CommandSender sender, String... args) {
         if (args.length <= 0) return ReturnType.SYNTAX_ERROR;
+        Player player = (Player) sender;
+
+        StringBuilder builder = new StringBuilder();
+        for (String arg : args) {
+            builder.append(arg).append(" ");
+        }
+
+        AuctionHouse.getInstance().getGuiManager().showGUI(player, new GUIAuctionHouse(AuctionHouse.getInstance().getAuctionPlayerManager().getPlayer(player.getUniqueId()), builder.toString().trim()));
         return ReturnType.SUCCESS;
     }
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/ca/tweetzy/auctionhouse/guis/GUIAuctionHouse.java b/src/main/java/ca/tweetzy/auctionhouse/guis/GUIAuctionHouse.java
index 56ae001..058637d 100644
--- a/src/main/java/ca/tweetzy/auctionhouse/guis/GUIAuctionHouse.java
+++ b/src/main/java/ca/tweetzy/auctionhouse/guis/GUIAuctionHouse.java
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package ca.tweetzy.auctionhouse.guis;
 
 import ca.tweetzy.auctionhouse.AuctionHouse;
+import ca.tweetzy.auctionhouse.api.AuctionAPI;
 import ca.tweetzy.auctionhouse.auction.*;
 import ca.tweetzy.auctionhouse.guis.transaction.GUITransactionList;
 import ca.tweetzy.auctionhouse.helpers.ConfigurationItemHelper;
@@ -10,6 +11,7 @@ import ca.tweetzy.core.gui.Gui;
 import ca.tweetzy.core.utils.TextUtils;
 import ca.tweetzy.core.utils.items.TItemBuilder;
 import org.bukkit.Bukkit;
+import org.bukkit.ChatColor;
 
 import java.util.Comparator;
 import java.util.HashMap;
@@ -46,6 +48,12 @@ public class GUIAuctionHouse extends Gui {
         }
     }
 
+    public GUIAuctionHouse(AuctionPlayer auctionPlayer, String phrase) {
+        this(auctionPlayer);
+        // re-fetch the auction items since we wanna filter out any items that match the phrase
+        this.items = this.items.stream().filter(auctionItem -> AuctionAPI.getInstance().match(phrase, ChatColor.stripColor(auctionItem.getItemName())) || AuctionAPI.getInstance().match(phrase, auctionItem.getCategory().getType()) || AuctionAPI.getInstance().match(phrase, Bukkit.getOfflinePlayer(auctionItem.getOwner()).getName())).collect(Collectors.toList());
+    }
+
     public GUIAuctionHouse(AuctionPlayer auctionPlayer, AuctionItemCategory filterCategory, AuctionSaleType filterAuctionType) {
         this(auctionPlayer);
         this.filterCategory = filterCategory;