diff --git a/packages/backend/src/api/controllers/ExperimentController.ts b/packages/backend/src/api/controllers/ExperimentController.ts
index cd0cd4fcb..517a870f0 100644
--- a/packages/backend/src/api/controllers/ExperimentController.ts
+++ b/packages/backend/src/api/controllers/ExperimentController.ts
@@ -783,7 +783,7 @@ export class ExperimentController {
    *                properties:
    *                  key:
    *                    type: string
-   *                    enum: [all, name, status, tag]
+   *                    enum: [all, name, status, tag, context, id, decisionPoint]
    *                  string:
    *                    type: string
    *               sortParams:
diff --git a/packages/backend/src/api/services/ExperimentService.ts b/packages/backend/src/api/services/ExperimentService.ts
index 597d9aed4..5a022075c 100644
--- a/packages/backend/src/api/services/ExperimentService.ts
+++ b/packages/backend/src/api/services/ExperimentService.ts
@@ -1771,14 +1771,23 @@ export class ExperimentService {
   }
   private paginatedSearchString(params: IExperimentSearchParams): string {
     const type = params.key;
-    // escape % and ' characters
-    const searchString = params.string.replace(/%/g, '\\$&').replace(/'/g, "''");
+    const searchString = params.string.replace(/'/g, "''");
+    const likeSearchString = searchString.replace(/\\/g, '\\\\').replace(/%/g, '\\%').replace(/_/g, '\\_');
     if (type === EXPERIMENT_SEARCH_KEY.ID && !isUUID(searchString)) {
       return '';
     }
 
-    const likeString = `ILIKE '%${searchString}%'`;
+    const likeString = `ILIKE '%${likeSearchString}%' ESCAPE '\\'`;
     const searchArray: string[] = [];
+    const decisionPointDisplaySearch =
+      `(CASE WHEN COALESCE(partitions.target, '') = '' THEN partitions.site ` +
+      `ELSE CONCAT(partitions.site, ' (', partitions.target, ')') END) ${likeString}`;
+    const addDecisionPointSearch = () => {
+      searchArray.push(`partitions.site ${likeString}`);
+      searchArray.push(`partitions.target ${likeString}`);
+      searchArray.push(decisionPointDisplaySearch);
+    };
+
     switch (type) {
       case EXPERIMENT_SEARCH_KEY.NAME:
         searchArray.push(`${type} ${likeString}`);
@@ -1796,16 +1805,14 @@ export class ExperimentService {
         searchArray.push(`experiment.id = '${searchString}'`);
         break;
       case EXPERIMENT_SEARCH_KEY.DECISION_POINT:
-        searchArray.push(`partitions.site ${likeString}`);
-        searchArray.push(`partitions.target ${likeString}`);
+        addDecisionPointSearch();
         break;
       default:
         searchArray.push(`name ${likeString}`);
         searchArray.push(`state::TEXT = '${this.mapStatusStrings(searchString)}'`);
         searchArray.push(`ARRAY_TO_STRING(context, ',') ${likeString}`);
         searchArray.push(`ARRAY_TO_STRING(tags, ',') ${likeString}`);
-        searchArray.push(`partitions.site ${likeString}`);
-        searchArray.push(`partitions.target ${likeString}`);
+        addDecisionPointSearch();
         if (isUUID(searchString)) {
           searchArray.push(`experiment.id = '${searchString}'`);
         }
diff --git a/packages/backend/test/unit/services/ExperimentService.test.ts b/packages/backend/test/unit/services/ExperimentService.test.ts
index 7e8dd6050..3aa226b41 100644
--- a/packages/backend/test/unit/services/ExperimentService.test.ts
+++ b/packages/backend/test/unit/services/ExperimentService.test.ts
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ import {
   LOG_TYPE,
   PAYLOAD_TYPE,
   IMetricMetaData,
+  EXPERIMENT_SEARCH_KEY,
 } from 'upgrade_types';
 import { StateTimeLog } from '../../../src/api/models/StateTimeLogs';
 import { Query } from '../../../src/api/models/Query';
@@ -983,4 +984,51 @@ describe('ExperimentService Testing', () => {
       expect(decisionPointRepo.setAllPendingActivationFalse).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
     });
   });
+
+  describe('paginatedSearchString()', () => {
+    const getSearchClause = (key: EXPERIMENT_SEARCH_KEY, searchString: string): string =>
+      service['paginatedSearchString']({ key, string: searchString });
+
+    it('should search decision points by site, target, and displayed site-target pair', () => {
+      const searchString = 'SelectSection (absolute_value_plot_equality)';
+      const escapedSearchString = 'SelectSection (absolute\\_value\\_plot\\_equality)';
+      const likeClause = `ILIKE '%${escapedSearchString}%' ESCAPE '\\'`;
+      const result = getSearchClause(EXPERIMENT_SEARCH_KEY.DECISION_POINT, searchString);
+
+      expect(result).toContain(`partitions.site ${likeClause}`);
+      expect(result).toContain(`partitions.target ${likeClause}`);
+      expect(result).toContain(
+        `(CASE WHEN COALESCE(partitions.target, '') = '' THEN partitions.site ` +
+          `ELSE CONCAT(partitions.site, ' (', partitions.target, ')') END) ${likeClause}`
+      );
+    });
+
+    it('should use site as the decision point display value when target is empty', () => {
+      const likeClause = `ILIKE '%SelectSection%' ESCAPE '\\'`;
+      const result = getSearchClause(EXPERIMENT_SEARCH_KEY.DECISION_POINT, 'SelectSection');
+
+      expect(result).toContain(`COALESCE(partitions.target, '') = '' THEN partitions.site`);
+      expect(result).toContain(`partitions.site ${likeClause}`);
+    });
+
+    it('should include displayed decision point search in all-search results', () => {
+      const searchString = 'SelectSection (absolute_value_plot_equality)';
+      const escapedSearchString = 'SelectSection (absolute\\_value\\_plot\\_equality)';
+      const likeClause = `ILIKE '%${escapedSearchString}%' ESCAPE '\\'`;
+      const result = getSearchClause(EXPERIMENT_SEARCH_KEY.ALL, searchString);
+
+      expect(result).toContain(`partitions.site ${likeClause}`);
+      expect(result).toContain(`partitions.target ${likeClause}`);
+      expect(result).toContain(
+        `(CASE WHEN COALESCE(partitions.target, '') = '' THEN partitions.site ` +
+          `ELSE CONCAT(partitions.site, ' (', partitions.target, ')') END) ${likeClause}`
+      );
+    });
+
+    it('should escape LIKE wildcards and the escape character in search input', () => {
+      const result = getSearchClause(EXPERIMENT_SEARCH_KEY.NAME, '100%_path\\name');
+
+      expect(result).toContain(`name ILIKE '%100\\%\\_path\\\\name%' ESCAPE '\\'`);
+    });
+  });
 });