| C-s | Incremental search forward |
| C-r | Incremental search backward |
| C-M-s | Regexp search forward |
| C-M-r | Regexp search backward |
| M-% | Search and replace |
| M-x query-replace-regexp | Search and replace with regexps |
| C-g | Abort a search |
| C-w | During a search, highlight the word around the cursor |
| Up, down arrow keys or M-p, M-n | Access search string history |