diff --git a/frontend/app/element/search.tsx b/frontend/app/element/search.tsx
index 652fdefdd..3b520d102 100644
--- a/frontend/app/element/search.tsx
+++ b/frontend/app/element/search.tsx
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ type SearchProps = SearchAtoms & {
     onSearch?: (search: string) => void;
     onNext?: () => void;
     onPrev?: () => void;
+    additionalButtons?: IconButtonDecl[];
 };
 
 const SearchComponent = ({
@@ -29,6 +30,7 @@ const SearchComponent = ({
     onSearch,
     onNext,
     onPrev,
+    additionalButtons,
 }: SearchProps) => {
     const [isOpen, setIsOpen] = useAtom<boolean>(isOpenAtom);
     const [search, setSearch] = useAtom<string>(searchAtom);
@@ -74,7 +76,7 @@ const SearchComponent = ({
     );
     middleware.push(offset(offsetCallback));
 
-    const { refs, floatingStyles, context } = useFloating({
+    const { refs, floatingStyles } = useFloating({
         placement: "top-end",
         open: isOpen,
         onOpenChange: handleOpenChange,
@@ -148,6 +150,13 @@ const SearchComponent = ({
                         >
                             {index + 1}/{numResults}
                         </div>
+                        {additionalButtons?.length && (
+                            <div className="right-buttons">
+                                {additionalButtons.map((decl, i) => (
+                                    <IconButton key={i} decl={decl} />
+                                ))}
+                            </div>
+                        )}
                         <div className="right-buttons">
                             <IconButton decl={prevDecl} />
                             <IconButton decl={nextDecl} />
diff --git a/frontend/app/view/term/term.tsx b/frontend/app/view/term/term.tsx
index 4d0d01897..e1dc9e45c 100644
--- a/frontend/app/view/term/term.tsx
+++ b/frontend/app/view/term/term.tsx
@@ -792,10 +792,53 @@ const TerminalView = ({ blockId, model }: TerminalViewProps) => {
     const fullConfig = globalStore.get(atoms.fullConfigAtom);
     const connFontFamily = fullConfig.connections?.[blockData?.meta?.connection]?.["term:fontfamily"];
 
+    // search
     const searchProps = useSearch(viewRef, model);
+    const { additionalButtons, stateAtoms } = React.useMemo(() => {
+        const regexAtom = jotai.atom(false);
+        const wholeWordAtom = jotai.atom(false);
+        const caseSensitiveAtom = jotai.atom(false);
+        const additionalButtons: IconButtonDecl[] = [
+            {
+                elemtype: "iconbutton",
+                icon: "font-case",
+                title: "Case Sensitive",
+                click: () => {
+                    globalStore.set(caseSensitiveAtom, !globalStore.get(caseSensitiveAtom));
+                },
+            },
+            {
+                elemtype: "iconbutton",
+                icon: "w",
+                title: "Whole Word",
+                click: () => {
+                    globalStore.set(wholeWordAtom, !globalStore.get(wholeWordAtom));
+                },
+            },
+            {
+                elemtype: "iconbutton",
+                icon: "asterisk",
+                title: "Regex Search",
+                click: () => {
+                    globalStore.set(regexAtom, !globalStore.get(regexAtom));
+                },
+            },
+        ];
+        return {
+            additionalButtons,
+            stateAtoms: { caseSensitiveAtom, wholeWordAtom, regexAtom },
+        };
+    }, []);
+    searchProps.additionalButtons = additionalButtons;
+    const caseSensitive = jotai.useAtomValue<boolean>(stateAtoms.caseSensitiveAtom);
+    const wholeWord = jotai.useAtomValue<boolean>(stateAtoms.wholeWordAtom);
+    const regex = jotai.useAtomValue<boolean>(stateAtoms.regexAtom);
     const searchVal = jotai.useAtomValue<string>(searchProps.searchAtom);
     const searchOpts: ISearchOptions = {
         incremental: true,
+        regex,
+        wholeWord,
+        caseSensitive,
         decorations: {
             matchOverviewRuler: "#e0e0e0",
             activeMatchColorOverviewRuler: "#e0e0e0",
@@ -816,6 +859,7 @@ const TerminalView = ({ blockId, model }: TerminalViewProps) => {
     searchProps.onNext = React.useCallback(() => {
         model.termRef.current?.searchAddon.findNext(searchVal, searchOpts);
     }, [searchVal]);
+    // end search
 
     React.useEffect(() => {
         const fullConfig = globalStore.get(atoms.fullConfigAtom);