diff --git a/src/plugins/find/gui/searchresultitemdelegate.cpp b/src/plugins/find/gui/searchresultitemdelegate.cpp
index e53a0708b..8cd5439fc 100644
--- a/src/plugins/find/gui/searchresultitemdelegate.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/find/gui/searchresultitemdelegate.cpp
@@ -402,10 +402,6 @@ void SearchResultItemDelegate::drawDisplay(QPainter *painter, const QStyleOption
         painter->setPen(option.palette.color(QPalette::Normal, QPalette::Text));
     }
 
-    QString displayText = text.trimmed();
-    if (displayText.isEmpty())
-        return;
-
     const QStyleOptionViewItem opt = option;
 
     const QWidget *widget = option.widget;
@@ -419,8 +415,20 @@ void SearchResultItemDelegate::drawDisplay(QPainter *painter, const QStyleOption
     QTextLayout textLayout;
     textLayout.setTextOption(textOption);
     textLayout.setFont(option.font);
+
+    // Remove leading spaces
+    QString displayText = text.trimmed();
+    int leftSpaces = text.indexOf(displayText);
     textLayout.setText(displayText);
-    textLayout.setFormats(formatList.toVector());
+
+    // Adjust offsets in formatList
+    QList<QTextLayout::FormatRange> adjustedFormats = formatList;
+    if (leftSpaces != 0) {
+        for (auto &format : adjustedFormats) {
+            format.start -= leftSpaces;
+        }
+    }
+    textLayout.setFormats(adjustedFormats.toVector());
 
     QSizeF textLayoutSize = doTextLayout(&textLayout, textRect.width());
     if (textRect.width() < textLayoutSize.width()) {