diff --git a/app/Support/Search/OperatorQuerySearch.php b/app/Support/Search/OperatorQuerySearch.php
index e37b90e282..2bdbe40c5b 100644
--- a/app/Support/Search/OperatorQuerySearch.php
+++ b/app/Support/Search/OperatorQuerySearch.php
@@ -2774,7 +2774,7 @@ class OperatorQuerySearch implements SearchInterface
     public function searchTransactions(): LengthAwarePaginator
     {
         $this->parseTagInstructions();
-        if (0 === count($this->getWords()) && 0 === count($this->getOperators())) {
+        if (0 === count($this->getWords()) && 0 === count($this->getExcludedWords()) && 0 === count($this->getOperators())) {
             return new LengthAwarePaginator([], 0, 5, 1);
         }
 
@@ -2831,6 +2831,11 @@ class OperatorQuerySearch implements SearchInterface
         return $this->words;
     }
 
+    public function getExcludedWords(): array
+    {
+        return $this->prohibitedWords;
+    }
+
     public function setDate(Carbon $date): void
     {
         $this->date = $date;