diff --git a/Classes/FlowQueryOperations/SearchOperation.php b/Classes/FlowQueryOperations/SearchOperation.php
index 11d2405f0d..f57bb5a1ed 100644
--- a/Classes/FlowQueryOperations/SearchOperation.php
+++ b/Classes/FlowQueryOperations/SearchOperation.php
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 
 use Neos\ContentRepository\Core\Projection\ContentGraph\Filter\FindDescendantNodesFilter;
 use Neos\ContentRepository\Core\Projection\ContentGraph\Node;
+use Neos\ContentRepository\Core\SharedModel\Node\NodeAggregateId;
 use Neos\ContentRepositoryRegistry\ContentRepositoryRegistry;
 use Neos\Eel\FlowQuery\FlowQuery;
 use Neos\Eel\FlowQuery\Operations\AbstractOperation;
@@ -72,17 +73,24 @@ public function evaluate(FlowQuery $flowQuery, array $arguments): void
         /** @var Node $contextNode */
         $contextNode = $context[0];
         $subgraph = $this->contentRepositoryRegistry->subgraphForNode($contextNode);
+        $matchingNodeByAggregateId = null;
         $filter = FindDescendantNodesFilter::create();
         if (isset($arguments[0]) && $arguments[0] !== '') {
+            if ($nodeAggregateId = NodeAggregateId::tryFromString($arguments[0])) {
+                $matchingNodeByAggregateId = $subgraph->findNodeById($nodeAggregateId);
+            }
             $filter = $filter->with(searchTerm: $arguments[0]);
         }
         if (isset($arguments[1]) && $arguments[1] !== '') {
             $filter = $filter->with(nodeTypes: $arguments[1]);
         }
-        $nodes = $subgraph->findDescendantNodes(
+        $nodes = iterator_to_array($subgraph->findDescendantNodes(
             $contextNode->aggregateId,
             $filter
-        );
-        $flowQuery->setContext(iterator_to_array($nodes));
+        ));
+        if ($matchingNodeByAggregateId !== null) {
+            array_unshift($nodes, $matchingNodeByAggregateId);
+        }
+        $flowQuery->setContext($nodes);
     }
 }