diff --git a/src/flamegraph.cpp b/src/flamegraph.cpp
index 23daae2da..128624e53 100644
--- a/src/flamegraph.cpp
+++ b/src/flamegraph.cpp
@@ -546,14 +546,13 @@ struct SearchResults
     qint64 directCost = 0;
 };
 
-SearchResults applySearch(FrameGraphicsItem* item, const QString& searchValue)
+SearchResults applySearch(FrameGraphicsItem* item, const QRegularExpression& expression)
 {
     SearchResults result;
-    if (searchValue.isEmpty()) {
+    if (expression.pattern().isEmpty()) {
         result.matchType = NoSearch;
-    } else if (item->symbol().symbol.contains(searchValue, Qt::CaseInsensitive)
-               || (searchValue == QLatin1String("??") && item->symbol().symbol.isEmpty())
-               || item->symbol().binary.contains(searchValue, Qt::CaseInsensitive)) {
+    } else if (expression.match(item->symbol().symbol).hasMatch() || expression.match(item->symbol().binary).hasMatch()
+               || (expression.pattern() == QLatin1String("\\?\\?") && item->symbol().symbol.isEmpty())) {
         result.directCost += item->cost();
         result.matchType = DirectMatch;
     }
@@ -562,7 +561,7 @@ SearchResults applySearch(FrameGraphicsItem* item, const QString& searchValue)
     const auto children = item->childItems();
     for (auto* child : children) {
         auto* childFrame = static_cast<FrameGraphicsItem*>(child);
-        auto childMatch = applySearch(childFrame, searchValue);
+        auto childMatch = applySearch(childFrame, expression);
         if (result.matchType != DirectMatch
             && (childMatch.matchType == DirectMatch || childMatch.matchType == ChildMatch)) {
             result.matchType = ChildMatch;
@@ -805,13 +804,26 @@ FlameGraph::FlameGraph(QWidget* parent, Qt::WindowFlags flags)
             searchInput->setMinimumWidth(200);
             layout->addWidget(searchInput);
 
+            auto regexCheckBox = new QCheckBox(widget);
+            regexCheckBox->setText(tr("Regex Search"));
+            layout->addWidget(regexCheckBox);
+
             searchInput->setPlaceholderText(i18n("Search..."));
             searchInput->setToolTip(i18n("<qt>Search the flame graph for a symbol.</qt>"));
             searchInput->setClearButtonEnabled(true);
-            connect(searchInput, &QLineEdit::textChanged, this, &FlameGraph::setSearchValue);
-            connect(this, &FlameGraph::uiResetRequested, this, [this, searchInput] {
+            connect(searchInput, &QLineEdit::textChanged, this,
+                    [this](const QString& value) { this->setSearchValue(value, m_useRegex); });
+            auto applyRegexCheckBox = [this](bool checked) { this->setSearchValue(m_search, checked); };
+#if QT_VERSION < QT_VERSION_CHECK(6, 7, 0)
+            connect(regexCheckBox, &QCheckBox::stateChanged, this, applyRegexCheckBox);
+#else
+            connect(regexCheckBox, &QCheckBox::checkStateChanged, this, applyRegexCheckBox);
+#endif
+            connect(this, &FlameGraph::uiResetRequested, this, [this, searchInput, regexCheckBox] {
                 m_search.clear();
+                m_useRegex = false;
                 searchInput->clear();
+                regexCheckBox->setChecked(false);
             });
         },
         this);
@@ -1140,7 +1152,7 @@ void FlameGraph::setData(FrameGraphicsItem* rootItem)
     m_scene->addItem(rootItem);
 
     if (!m_search.isEmpty()) {
-        setSearchValue(m_search);
+        setSearchValue(m_search, m_useRegex);
     }
     if (!m_hoveredStacks.isEmpty()) {
         hoverStacks(rootItem, m_hoveredStacks);
@@ -1204,15 +1216,16 @@ void FlameGraph::selectItem(FrameGraphicsItem* item)
     setTooltipItem(item);
 }
 
-void FlameGraph::setSearchValue(const QString& value)
+void FlameGraph::setSearchValue(const QString& value, bool useRegex)
 {
     if (!m_rootItem) {
         return;
     }
 
     m_search = value;
-
-    auto match = applySearch(m_rootItem, value);
+    m_useRegex = useRegex;
+    auto regex = useRegex ? value : QRegularExpression::escape(value);
+    auto match = applySearch(m_rootItem, QRegularExpression(regex));
 
     if (value.isEmpty()) {
         m_searchResultsLabel->hide();
diff --git a/src/flamegraph.h b/src/flamegraph.h
index 2ac7e7471..538035170 100644
--- a/src/flamegraph.h
+++ b/src/flamegraph.h
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ class FlameGraph : public QWidget
 
 private slots:
     void setData(FrameGraphicsItem* rootItem);
-    void setSearchValue(const QString& value);
+    void setSearchValue(const QString& value, bool useRegex);
     void navigateBack();
     void navigateForward();
 
@@ -88,6 +88,7 @@ private slots:
     bool m_collapseRecursion = false;
     bool m_buildingScene = false;
     QString m_search;
+    bool m_useRegex = false;
     // cost threshold in percent, items below that value will not be shown
     static const constexpr double DEFAULT_COST_THRESHOLD = 0.1;
     double m_costThreshold = DEFAULT_COST_THRESHOLD;
diff --git a/src/recordpage.cpp b/src/recordpage.cpp
index d58325f10..a0e9b73b7 100644
--- a/src/recordpage.cpp
+++ b/src/recordpage.cpp
@@ -415,7 +415,7 @@ RecordPage::RecordPage(QWidget* parent)
                 m_recordHost->setPids(pids);
             });
 
-    ResultsUtil::connectFilter(ui->processesFilterBox, m_processProxyModel);
+    ResultsUtil::connectFilter(ui->processesFilterBox, m_processProxyModel, ui->regexCheckBox);
 
     connect(m_watcher, &QFutureWatcher<ProcDataList>::finished, this, &RecordPage::updateProcessesFinished);
 
diff --git a/src/recordpage.ui b/src/recordpage.ui
index 0c53b30fe..0d92e35f5 100644
--- a/src/recordpage.ui
+++ b/src/recordpage.ui
@@ -144,16 +144,6 @@
         <property name="text">
          <string>Process Filter:</string>
         </property>
-        <property name="buddy">
-         <cstring>processesFilterBox</cstring>
-        </property>
-       </widget>
-      </item>
-      <item row="0" column="1">
-       <widget class="QLineEdit" name="processesFilterBox">
-        <property name="toolTip">
-         <string>Filter the process list by process name or process ID</string>
-        </property>
        </widget>
       </item>
       <item row="1" column="0">
@@ -185,6 +175,38 @@
         </property>
        </widget>
       </item>
+      <item row="0" column="1">
+       <widget class="QWidget" name="widget_2" native="true">
+        <layout class="QHBoxLayout" name="horizontalLayout_4">
+         <property name="leftMargin">
+          <number>0</number>
+         </property>
+         <property name="topMargin">
+          <number>0</number>
+         </property>
+         <property name="rightMargin">
+          <number>0</number>
+         </property>
+         <property name="bottomMargin">
+          <number>0</number>
+         </property>
+         <item>
+          <widget class="QLineEdit" name="processesFilterBox">
+           <property name="toolTip">
+            <string>Filter the process list by process name or process ID</string>
+           </property>
+          </widget>
+         </item>
+         <item>
+          <widget class="QCheckBox" name="regexCheckBox">
+           <property name="text">
+            <string>Regex Search</string>
+           </property>
+          </widget>
+         </item>
+        </layout>
+       </widget>
+      </item>
      </layout>
     </widget>
    </item>
diff --git a/src/resultsbottomuppage.cpp b/src/resultsbottomuppage.cpp
index f9729b444..943b47a3c 100644
--- a/src/resultsbottomuppage.cpp
+++ b/src/resultsbottomuppage.cpp
@@ -61,7 +61,8 @@ ResultsBottomUpPage::ResultsBottomUpPage(FilterAndZoomStack* filterStack, PerfPa
     ui->setupUi(this);
 
     auto bottomUpCostModel = new BottomUpModel(this);
-    ResultsUtil::setupTreeView(ui->bottomUpTreeView, contextMenu, ui->bottomUpSearch, bottomUpCostModel);
+    ResultsUtil::setupTreeView(ui->bottomUpTreeView, contextMenu, ui->bottomUpSearch, ui->regexCheckBox,
+                               bottomUpCostModel);
     ResultsUtil::setupCostDelegate(bottomUpCostModel, ui->bottomUpTreeView);
     ResultsUtil::setupContextMenu(ui->bottomUpTreeView, contextMenu, bottomUpCostModel, filterStack, this);
 
diff --git a/src/resultsbottomuppage.ui b/src/resultsbottomuppage.ui
index f5c16c78a..27f85cb13 100644
--- a/src/resultsbottomuppage.ui
+++ b/src/resultsbottomuppage.ui
@@ -71,6 +71,13 @@
         </property>
        </widget>
       </item>
+      <item>
+       <widget class="QCheckBox" name="regexCheckBox">
+        <property name="text">
+         <string>Regex Search</string>
+        </property>
+       </widget>
+      </item>
      </layout>
     </widget>
    </item>
diff --git a/src/resultscallercalleepage.cpp b/src/resultscallercalleepage.cpp
index 363dc95f6..fc2340a7d 100644
--- a/src/resultscallercalleepage.cpp
+++ b/src/resultscallercalleepage.cpp
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ ResultsCallerCalleePage::ResultsCallerCalleePage(FilterAndZoomStack* filterStack
     m_callerCalleeProxy = new CallerCalleeProxy<CallerCalleeModel>(this);
     m_callerCalleeProxy->setSourceModel(m_callerCalleeCostModel);
     m_callerCalleeProxy->setSortRole(CallerCalleeModel::SortRole);
-    ResultsUtil::connectFilter(ui->callerCalleeFilter, m_callerCalleeProxy);
+    ResultsUtil::connectFilter(ui->callerCalleeFilter, m_callerCalleeProxy, ui->regexCheckBox);
     ui->callerCalleeTableView->setSortingEnabled(true);
     ui->callerCalleeTableView->setModel(m_callerCalleeProxy);
     ResultsUtil::setupContextMenu(ui->callerCalleeTableView, contextMenu, m_callerCalleeCostModel, filterStack, this,
diff --git a/src/resultscallercalleepage.ui b/src/resultscallercalleepage.ui
index f6119633d..e0034614d 100644
--- a/src/resultscallercalleepage.ui
+++ b/src/resultscallercalleepage.ui
@@ -71,6 +71,13 @@
         </property>
        </widget>
       </item>
+      <item>
+       <widget class="QCheckBox" name="regexCheckBox">
+        <property name="text">
+         <string>Regex Search</string>
+        </property>
+       </widget>
+      </item>
      </layout>
     </widget>
    </item>
diff --git a/src/resultstopdownpage.cpp b/src/resultstopdownpage.cpp
index 9e1f403fe..cff526a42 100644
--- a/src/resultstopdownpage.cpp
+++ b/src/resultstopdownpage.cpp
@@ -22,7 +22,8 @@ ResultsTopDownPage::ResultsTopDownPage(FilterAndZoomStack* filterStack, PerfPars
     ui->setupUi(this);
 
     auto topDownCostModel = new TopDownModel(this);
-    ResultsUtil::setupTreeView(ui->topDownTreeView, contextMenu, ui->topDownSearch, topDownCostModel);
+    ResultsUtil::setupTreeView(ui->topDownTreeView, contextMenu, ui->topDownSearch, ui->regexCheckBox,
+                               topDownCostModel);
     ResultsUtil::setupCostDelegate(topDownCostModel, ui->topDownTreeView);
     ResultsUtil::setupContextMenu(ui->topDownTreeView, contextMenu, topDownCostModel, filterStack, this);
 
diff --git a/src/resultstopdownpage.ui b/src/resultstopdownpage.ui
index 2287335bb..5480ec2ad 100644
--- a/src/resultstopdownpage.ui
+++ b/src/resultstopdownpage.ui
@@ -71,6 +71,13 @@
         </property>
        </widget>
       </item>
+      <item>
+       <widget class="QCheckBox" name="regexCheckBox">
+        <property name="text">
+         <string>Regex Search</string>
+        </property>
+       </widget>
+      </item>
      </layout>
     </widget>
    </item>
diff --git a/src/resultsutil.cpp b/src/resultsutil.cpp
index 21a4a44fb..6fac24f78 100644
--- a/src/resultsutil.cpp
+++ b/src/resultsutil.cpp
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 
 #include "resultsutil.h"
 
+#include <QCheckBox>
 #include <QComboBox>
 #include <QCoreApplication>
 #include <QHeaderView>
@@ -33,8 +34,9 @@ void setupHeaderView(QTreeView* view, CostContextMenu* contextMenu)
     view->setHeader(new CostHeaderView(contextMenu, view));
 }
 
-void connectFilter(QLineEdit* filter, QSortFilterProxyModel* proxy)
+void connectFilter(QLineEdit* filter, QSortFilterProxyModel* proxy, QCheckBox* regexCheckBox)
 {
+    Q_ASSERT(regexCheckBox);
     auto* timer = new QTimer(filter);
     timer->setSingleShot(true);
 
@@ -44,17 +46,28 @@ void connectFilter(QLineEdit* filter, QSortFilterProxyModel* proxy)
     proxy->setFilterKeyColumn(-1);
     proxy->setFilterCaseSensitivity(Qt::CaseInsensitive);
 
-    QObject::connect(timer, &QTimer::timeout, proxy, [filter, proxy]() {
-        proxy->setFilterRegularExpression(QRegularExpression::escape(filter->text()));
-    });
+    auto setFilterNeedle = [filter, proxy, regexCheckBox]() {
+        auto useRegex = regexCheckBox->isChecked();
+        const auto needle = filter->text();
+        proxy->setFilterRegularExpression(useRegex ? needle : QRegularExpression::escape(needle));
+    };
+
+    QObject::connect(timer, &QTimer::timeout, proxy, setFilterNeedle);
+    if (regexCheckBox) {
+#if QT_VERSION < QT_VERSION_CHECK(6, 7, 0)
+        QObject::connect(regexCheckBox, &QCheckBox::stateChanged, proxy, setFilterNeedle);
+#else
+        QObject::connect(regexCheckBox, &QCheckBox::checkStateChanged, proxy, setFilterNeedle);
+#endif
+    }
     QObject::connect(filter, &QLineEdit::textChanged, timer, [timer]() { timer->start(300); });
 }
 
-void setupTreeView(QTreeView* view, CostContextMenu* contextMenu, QLineEdit* filter, QSortFilterProxyModel* model,
-                   int initialSortColumn, int sortRole)
+void setupTreeView(QTreeView* view, CostContextMenu* contextMenu, QLineEdit* filter, QCheckBox* regexSearchCheckbox,
+                   QSortFilterProxyModel* model, int initialSortColumn, int sortRole)
 {
     model->setSortRole(sortRole);
-    connectFilter(filter, model);
+    connectFilter(filter, model, regexSearchCheckbox);
 
     view->setModel(model);
     setupHeaderView(view, contextMenu);
diff --git a/src/resultsutil.h b/src/resultsutil.h
index 1dffcf849..568d88709 100644
--- a/src/resultsutil.h
+++ b/src/resultsutil.h
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ class QComboBox;
 class QLineEdit;
 class QSortFilterProxyModel;
 class QAbstractItemModel;
+class QCheckBox;
 
 namespace Data {
 class Costs;
@@ -31,18 +32,19 @@ class CostContextMenu;
 namespace ResultsUtil {
 void setupHeaderView(QTreeView* view, CostContextMenu* contextMenu);
 
-void connectFilter(QLineEdit* filter, QSortFilterProxyModel* proxy);
+void connectFilter(QLineEdit* filter, QSortFilterProxyModel* proxy, QCheckBox* regexCheckBox);
 
-void setupTreeView(QTreeView* view, CostContextMenu* contextMenu, QLineEdit* filter, QSortFilterProxyModel* model,
-                   int initialSortColumn, int sortRole);
+void setupTreeView(QTreeView* view, CostContextMenu* contextMenu, QLineEdit* filter, QCheckBox* regexSearchCheckBox,
+                   QSortFilterProxyModel* model, int initialSortColumn, int sortRole);
 
 template<typename Model>
-void setupTreeView(QTreeView* view, CostContextMenu* costContextMenu, QLineEdit* filter, Model* model)
+void setupTreeView(QTreeView* view, CostContextMenu* costContextMenu, QLineEdit* filter, QCheckBox* regexSearchCheckBox,
+                   Model* model)
 {
     auto* proxy = new CostProxy<Model>(view);
     proxy->setSourceModel(model);
-    setupTreeView(view, costContextMenu, filter, qobject_cast<QSortFilterProxyModel*>(proxy), Model::InitialSortColumn,
-                  Model::SortRole);
+    setupTreeView(view, costContextMenu, filter, regexSearchCheckBox, qobject_cast<QSortFilterProxyModel*>(proxy),
+                  Model::InitialSortColumn, Model::SortRole);
 }
 
 void setupCostDelegate(QAbstractItemModel* model, QTreeView* view, int sortRole, int totalCostRole, int numBaseColumns);
diff --git a/src/timelinewidget.cpp b/src/timelinewidget.cpp
index 16b95c43c..8da01028b 100644
--- a/src/timelinewidget.cpp
+++ b/src/timelinewidget.cpp
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ TimeLineWidget::TimeLineWidget(PerfParser* parser, QMenu* filterMenu, FilterAndZ
     timeLineProxy->setSortRole(EventModel::SortRole);
     timeLineProxy->setFilterKeyColumn(EventModel::ThreadColumn);
     timeLineProxy->setFilterRole(Qt::DisplayRole);
-    ResultsUtil::connectFilter(ui->timeLineSearch, timeLineProxy);
+    ResultsUtil::connectFilter(ui->timeLineSearch, timeLineProxy, ui->regexCheckBox);
     ui->timeLineView->setModel(timeLineProxy);
     ui->timeLineView->setSortingEnabled(true);
     // ensure the vertical scroll bar is always shown, otherwise the timeline
diff --git a/src/timelinewidget.ui b/src/timelinewidget.ui
index 8f25a04fc..487fd370f 100644
--- a/src/timelinewidget.ui
+++ b/src/timelinewidget.ui
@@ -64,6 +64,13 @@
        </property>
       </widget>
      </item>
+     <item>
+      <widget class="QCheckBox" name="regexCheckBox">
+       <property name="text">
+        <string>Regex Search</string>
+       </property>
+      </widget>
+     </item>
      <item>
       <widget class="QLabel" name="label_2">
        <property name="text">