diff --git a/se/se_epub_lint.py b/se/se_epub_lint.py
index 79e2f2ea..1b3a666c 100644
--- a/se/se_epub_lint.py
+++ b/se/se_epub_lint.py
@@ -3614,9 +3614,14 @@ def lint(self, skip_lint_ignore: bool, allowed_messages: Optional[List[str]] = N
 
 				# Check and log missing glossary keys
 				if ebook_flags["has_glossary_search_key_map"] and filename.name not in IGNORED_FILENAMES:
-					source_text = dom.xpath("/html/body")[0].inner_text()
+					# Remove all noterefs, as their anchor text will otherwise immediately follow a potential glossary term, defeating the below regex.
+					dom_copy = deepcopy(dom)
+					for node in dom_copy.xpath(".//a[contains(@epub:type, 'noteref')]"):
+						node.remove()
+
+					source_text = dom_copy.xpath("/html/body")[0].inner_text()
 					if dom.xpath("/html/body//section[contains(@epub:type, 'glossary')]"):
-						nodes = dom.xpath("/html/body//dd[contains(@epub:type, 'glossdef')]")
+						nodes = dom_copy.xpath("/html/body//dd[contains(@epub:type, 'glossdef')]")
 						source_text = " ".join([node.inner_text() for node in nodes])
 					for glossary_index, glossary_value in enumerate(glossary_usage):
 						if glossary_value[1] is False and regex.search(r"(?<!\w)\L<val>(?!\w)", source_text, flags=regex.IGNORECASE, val=[glossary_value[0]]):
diff --git a/tests/lint/metadata/m-070/in/src/epub/glossary-search-key-map.xml b/tests/lint/metadata/m-070/in/src/epub/glossary-search-key-map.xml
index d50708e4..266070a0 100644
--- a/tests/lint/metadata/m-070/in/src/epub/glossary-search-key-map.xml
+++ b/tests/lint/metadata/m-070/in/src/epub/glossary-search-key-map.xml
@@ -12,4 +12,7 @@
 	<search-key-group href="text/glossary.xhtml#abc">
 		<match value="’versal"/>
 	</search-key-group>
+	<search-key-group href="text/glossary.xhtml#def">
+		<match value="unsiker"/>
+	</search-key-group>
 </search-key-map>
diff --git a/tests/lint/metadata/m-070/in/src/epub/text/chapter-1.xhtml b/tests/lint/metadata/m-070/in/src/epub/text/chapter-1.xhtml
index f290d151..8a99425f 100644
--- a/tests/lint/metadata/m-070/in/src/epub/text/chapter-1.xhtml
+++ b/tests/lint/metadata/m-070/in/src/epub/text/chapter-1.xhtml
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 			<p>A common theory was R+L=J.</p>
 			<p>A ’versal truth.</p>
 			<p>An unknown M.O.</p>
+			<p>Unsiker<a href="endnotes.xhtml#note-1" epub:type="noteref">1</a> is an unusual term.</p>
 		</section>
 	</body>
 </html>