nautilus crashes during search or bulk filename editing

[Luke Goshen]

EVERY search or bulk file renaming action causes nautilus to crash immediately. All searches cause nautilus to crash immediately. No search ever comes through. Simple typing in the search bar, or as much as clicking on it causes nautilus to crash.

Once multiple files are selected and Fn+F2 (Rename) action is selected, nautilus crashes even without allowing the rename dialog box to appear. Note that single file renaming still works.

The crashed window gives the option to wait, but waiting never solves the problem, and I am always forced to restart nautilus after force-quitting.

What is causing this problem? If this issue is not widespread enough to receive a bugfix, could the developers guide me with this. I find doing a fresh install risky because of lack of enough storage for a complete PC backup.