diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index 2a49a5129f945fab7526780d2a658d7cc8ae1ce6..6cdc3d57f3276e931ce6658216083f60409e0f62 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -332,8 +332,8 @@ func (m *mainModel) Update(msg tea.Msg) (tea.Model, tea.Cmd) { //nolint:gocyclo
 			m.applyPluginFields(composer)
 		}
 
-		// Check plugin key bindings for the current view
-		if m.plugins != nil {
+		// Check plugin key bindings for the current view, but not while the search overlay is open
+		if m.plugins != nil && !m.isSearchOverlayOpen() {
 			if bindingCmd := m.handlePluginKeyBinding(keyMsg); bindingCmd != nil {
 				cmds = append(cmds, bindingCmd)
 			}
@@ -2458,6 +2458,16 @@ func (m *mainModel) handlePluginKeyBinding(msg tea.KeyPressMsg) tea.Cmd {
 	return nil
 }
 
+func (m *mainModel) isSearchOverlayOpen() bool {
+	switch v := m.current.(type) {
+	case *tui.Inbox:
+		return v.IsSearchOverlayOpen()
+	case *tui.FolderInbox:
+		return v.GetInbox().IsSearchOverlayOpen()
+	}
+	return false
+}
+
 func (m *mainModel) syncPluginKeyBindings() {
 	if m.plugins == nil {
 		return
diff --git a/tui/inbox.go b/tui/inbox.go
index 1dbb5b2037209fb8b566cea9209cfe429f13d072..9f9049cf3c17c3abd16b5d99b49661a90a0f5cd0 100644
--- a/tui/inbox.go
+++ b/tui/inbox.go
@@ -1247,6 +1247,10 @@ func (m *Inbox) IsSearchActive() bool {
 	return m != nil && (m.searchOverlay != nil || m.searchActive)
 }
 
+func (m *Inbox) IsSearchOverlayOpen() bool {
+	return m != nil && m.searchOverlay != nil
+}
+
 func (m *Inbox) IsFilterActive() bool {
 	return m != nil && (m.list.FilterState() == list.Filtering || m.list.FilterState() == list.FilterApplied)
 }