diff --git a/.config/typedoc.json b/.config/typedoc.json
index 8c5fa9b53..7c97d4b06 100644
--- a/.config/typedoc.json
+++ b/.config/typedoc.json
@@ -28,5 +28,12 @@
         "external": false,
         "@internal": false
     },
+    "searchGroupBoosts": {
+        "Classes": 2.0,
+        "Interfaces": 2.0,
+        "Enumerations": 2.0,
+        "Type Aliases": 2.0
+    },
+    "searchInComments": true,
     "logLevel": "Verbose"
 }
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 154fa05ee..5308eda78 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 # Unreleased
 
+### Features
+
+-   The `DEBUG_SEARCH_WEIGHTS` global variable can now be set on `window` to add search scoring information in the search results.
+
 ## v0.23.4 (2022-07-02)
 
 ### Bug Fixes
diff --git a/src/lib/output/themes/default/assets/typedoc/components/Search.ts b/src/lib/output/themes/default/assets/typedoc/components/Search.ts
index caa845163..0fcc1a6e5 100644
--- a/src/lib/output/themes/default/assets/typedoc/components/Search.ts
+++ b/src/lib/output/themes/default/assets/typedoc/components/Search.ts
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ function updateResults(
         // boost by exact match on name
         if (row.name.toLowerCase().startsWith(searchText.toLowerCase())) {
             boost *=
-                1 + 1 / (Math.abs(row.name.length - searchText.length) * 10);
+                1 + 1 / (1 + Math.abs(row.name.length - searchText.length));
         }
 
         item.score *= boost;
@@ -182,6 +182,9 @@ function updateResults(
 
         // Bold the matched part of the query in the search results
         let name = boldMatches(row.name, searchText);
+        if (globalThis.DEBUG_SEARCH_WEIGHTS) {
+            name += ` (score: ${res[i].score.toFixed(2)})`;
+        }
         if (row.parent) {
             name = `<span class="parent">${boldMatches(
                 row.parent,