diff --git a/org.eclipse.jdt.core.tests.model/src/org/eclipse/jdt/core/tests/model/JavaSearchImplicitTypeDeclaration.java b/org.eclipse.jdt.core.tests.model/src/org/eclipse/jdt/core/tests/model/JavaSearchImplicitTypeDeclaration.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..eb094e400b6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/org.eclipse.jdt.core.tests.model/src/org/eclipse/jdt/core/tests/model/JavaSearchImplicitTypeDeclaration.java
@@ -0,0 +1,144 @@
+package org.eclipse.jdt.core.tests.model;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+
+import org.eclipse.core.runtime.CoreException;
+import org.eclipse.jdt.core.ICompilationUnit;
+import org.eclipse.jdt.core.IJavaElement;
+import org.eclipse.jdt.core.IJavaProject;
+import org.eclipse.jdt.core.JavaCore;
+import org.eclipse.jdt.core.JavaModelException;
+import org.eclipse.jdt.core.WorkingCopyOwner;
+import org.eclipse.jdt.core.search.IJavaSearchScope;
+import org.eclipse.jdt.core.search.ReferenceMatch;
+import org.eclipse.jdt.core.search.SearchEngine;
+import org.eclipse.jdt.core.search.SearchMatch;
+import org.eclipse.jdt.core.search.TypeReferenceMatch;
+
+import junit.framework.Test;
+
+public class JavaSearchImplicitTypeDeclaration extends JavaSearchTests {
+	public JavaSearchImplicitTypeDeclaration(String name) {
+		super(name);
+		this.endChar = "";
+	}
+	public static Test suite() {
+		return buildModelTestSuite(JavaSearchImplicitTypeDeclaration.class, BYTECODE_DECLARATION_ORDER);
+	}
+	class TestCollector extends JavaSearchResultCollector {
+		public void acceptSearchMatch(SearchMatch searchMatch) throws CoreException {
+			super.acceptSearchMatch(searchMatch);
+		}
+	}
+
+	class ReferenceCollector extends JavaSearchResultCollector {
+		protected void writeLine() throws CoreException {
+			super.writeLine();
+			ReferenceMatch refMatch = (ReferenceMatch) this.match;
+			IJavaElement localElement = refMatch.getLocalElement();
+			if (localElement != null) {
+				this.line.append("+[");
+				if (localElement.getElementType() == IJavaElement.ANNOTATION) {
+					this.line.append('@');
+					this.line.append(localElement.getElementName());
+					this.line.append(" on ");
+					this.line.append(localElement.getParent().getElementName());
+				} else {
+					this.line.append(localElement.getElementName());
+				}
+				this.line.append(']');
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+	class TypeReferenceCollector extends ReferenceCollector {
+		protected void writeLine() throws CoreException {
+			super.writeLine();
+			TypeReferenceMatch typeRefMatch = (TypeReferenceMatch) this.match;
+			IJavaElement[] others = typeRefMatch.getOtherElements();
+			int length = others==null ? 0 : others.length;
+			if (length > 0) {
+				this.line.append("+[");
+				for (int i=0; i<length; i++) {
+					IJavaElement other = others[i];
+					if (i>0) this.line.append(',');
+					if (other.getElementType() == IJavaElement.ANNOTATION) {
+						this.line.append('@');
+						this.line.append(other.getElementName());
+						this.line.append(" on ");
+						this.line.append(other.getParent().getElementName());
+					} else {
+						this.line.append(other.getElementName());
+					}
+				}
+				this.line.append(']');
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+	protected IJavaProject setUpJavaProject(final String projectName, String compliance, boolean useFullJCL) throws CoreException, IOException {
+		// copy files in project from source workspace to target workspace
+		IJavaProject setUpJavaProject = super.setUpJavaProject(projectName, compliance, useFullJCL);
+		return setUpJavaProject;
+	}
+
+	IJavaSearchScope getJavaSearchScope() {
+		return SearchEngine.createJavaSearchScope(new IJavaProject[] {getJavaProject("JavaSearchBugs")});
+	}
+
+	IJavaSearchScope getJavaSearchScopeBugs(String packageName, boolean addSubpackages) throws JavaModelException {
+		if (packageName == null) return getJavaSearchScope();
+		return getJavaSearchPackageScope("JavaSearchBugs", packageName, addSubpackages);
+	}
+
+	public ICompilationUnit getWorkingCopy(String path, String source) throws JavaModelException {
+		if (this.wcOwner == null) {
+			this.wcOwner = new WorkingCopyOwner() {};
+		}
+		return getWorkingCopy(path, source, this.wcOwner);
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public void setUpSuite() throws Exception {
+		JAVA_PROJECT = setUpJavaProject("JavaSearchBugs", "23");
+		JAVA_PROJECT.setOption(JavaCore.COMPILER_PB_ENABLE_PREVIEW_FEATURES, JavaCore.ENABLED);
+		super.setUpSuite();
+	}
+
+	public void tearDownSuite() throws Exception {
+		deleteProject("JavaSearchBugs");
+		super.tearDownSuite();
+	}
+
+	protected void setUp () throws Exception {
+		super.setUp();
+		this.resultCollector = new TestCollector();
+		this.resultCollector.showAccuracy(true);
+	}
+
+	public void test_001() throws CoreException {
+		this.workingCopies = new ICompilationUnit[1];
+		String code = """
+				/**
+				 * Hello
+				 */
+				void main() {
+				    System.out.println("sasi");
+				    abc();
+				}
+				void abc() {
+					System.out.println("abc");
+				}
+				""";
+		this.workingCopies[0] = getWorkingCopy("/JavaSearchBugs/src/X.java", code);
+		IJavaProject javaProject = this.workingCopies[0].getJavaProject();
+		String old = javaProject.getOption(JavaCore.COMPILER_PB_ENABLE_PREVIEW_FEATURES, true);
+		try {
+			search("abc", METHOD, ALL_OCCURRENCES, EXACT_RULE);
+			assertSearchResults("src/X.java void X.main() [abc()] EXACT_MATCH\n" +
+					"src/X.java void X.abc() [abc] EXACT_MATCH");
+		} finally {
+			javaProject.setOption(JavaCore.COMPILER_PB_ENABLE_PREVIEW_FEATURES, old);
+		}
+	}
+}
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diff --git a/org.eclipse.jdt.core.tests.model/src/org/eclipse/jdt/core/tests/model/RunJavaSearchTests.java b/org.eclipse.jdt.core.tests.model/src/org/eclipse/jdt/core/tests/model/RunJavaSearchTests.java
index 040b15c656a..64b6bc63e2f 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jdt.core.tests.model/src/org/eclipse/jdt/core/tests/model/RunJavaSearchTests.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.jdt.core.tests.model/src/org/eclipse/jdt/core/tests/model/RunJavaSearchTests.java
@@ -82,6 +82,7 @@ public static Test suite() {
 		allClasses.add(JavaSearchNameEnvironmentTest.class);
 		allClasses.add(JavaSearchSuperAfterStatementTests.class);
 		allClasses.add(JavaSearchIssue190Test.class);
+		allClasses.add(JavaSearchImplicitTypeDeclaration.class);
 
 		// Reset forgotten subsets of tests
 		TestCase.TESTS_PREFIX = null;