diff --git a/src/components/search_bar/query/default_syntax.ts b/src/components/search_bar/query/default_syntax.ts
index 4679a53e222..c0529a7b023 100644
--- a/src/components/search_bar/query/default_syntax.ts
+++ b/src/components/search_bar/query/default_syntax.ts
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ word
 
 wordChar
   = alnum
-  / [-_*:/]
+  / [^:()"]
   / escapedChar
   / extendedGlyph