Sample Line To Search: bli wh hummm e lzts txst 2 4 Searching consecutively from the start of the sample line above (line 6): /\S\s\+\S it doesn't stop on the char 'e' and on the char '2' as (I think) it should. Others stops (matches) are OK. Likewise, searching: /\S\s\{2,}\S It doesn't stop on the char '2' as (I think) it should. The behavior is the same running: vim -u NONE bug_sample_file