diff --git a/redaction-service-v1/redaction-service-server-v1/src/main/java/com/iqser/red/service/redaction/v1/server/model/document/nodes/Section.java b/redaction-service-v1/redaction-service-server-v1/src/main/java/com/iqser/red/service/redaction/v1/server/model/document/nodes/Section.java
index 0b7a7af4..c79d6e6f 100644
--- a/redaction-service-v1/redaction-service-server-v1/src/main/java/com/iqser/red/service/redaction/v1/server/model/document/nodes/Section.java
+++ b/redaction-service-v1/redaction-service-server-v1/src/main/java/com/iqser/red/service/redaction/v1/server/model/document/nodes/Section.java
@@ -1,10 +1,12 @@
 package com.iqser.red.service.redaction.v1.server.model.document.nodes;
 
 import java.awt.geom.Rectangle2D;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.HashSet;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.Set;
+import java.util.stream.Collectors;
 
 import com.iqser.red.service.redaction.v1.server.model.document.entity.TextEntity;
 import com.iqser.red.service.redaction.v1.server.model.document.DocumentTree;
@@ -33,7 +35,6 @@ import lombok.extern.slf4j.Slf4j;
 @EqualsAndHashCode(onlyExplicitlyIncluded = true, callSuper = true)
 public class Section extends AbstractSemanticNode {
 
-
     @Override
     public NodeType getType() {
 
@@ -60,7 +61,6 @@ public class Section extends AbstractSemanticNode {
     }
 
 
-
     @Override
     public String toString() {
 
@@ -85,7 +85,14 @@ public class Section extends AbstractSemanticNode {
      */
     public boolean anyHeadlineContainsString(String value) {
 
-        return streamAllSubNodesOfType(NodeType.HEADLINE).anyMatch(h -> h.containsString(value)) || getHeadline().containsString(value);
+        boolean found = streamAllSubNodesOfType(NodeType.HEADLINE).anyMatch(h -> h.containsString(value)) || getHeadline().containsString(value);
+        if (!found) {
+            List<Headline> previousHeadlines = new ArrayList<>();
+            headlinesByPreviousSibling(this, previousHeadlines);
+            return previousHeadlines.stream()
+                    .anyMatch(headline -> headline.containsString(value));
+        }
+        return true;
     }
 
 
@@ -97,8 +104,37 @@ public class Section extends AbstractSemanticNode {
      */
     public boolean anyHeadlineContainsStringIgnoreCase(String value) {
 
-        return streamAllSubNodesOfType(NodeType.HEADLINE).anyMatch(h -> h.containsStringIgnoreCase(value)) || getHeadline().containsStringIgnoreCase(value);
+        boolean found = streamAllSubNodesOfType(NodeType.HEADLINE).anyMatch(h -> h.containsStringIgnoreCase(value)) || getHeadline().containsStringIgnoreCase(value);
+        if (!found) {
+            List<Headline> previousHeadlines = new ArrayList<>();
+            headlinesByPreviousSibling(this, previousHeadlines);
+            return previousHeadlines.stream()
+                    .anyMatch(headline -> headline.containsStringIgnoreCase(value));
+        }
+        return true;
     }
 
 
+    private void headlinesByPreviousSibling(SemanticNode section, List<Headline> found) {
+
+        if (section.getPreviousSibling()
+                    .isPresent() && section.getPreviousSibling()
+                    .get() instanceof Section previousSection) {
+
+            var subnodes = previousSection.streamAllSubNodes()
+                    .toList();
+            if (subnodes.size() == 1 && subnodes.get(0) instanceof Headline previousHeadline) {
+                found.add(previousHeadline);
+                headlinesByPreviousSibling(previousSection, found);
+            }
+        }
+
+        if (section.getPreviousSibling()
+                    .isPresent() && section.getPreviousSibling()
+                    .get() instanceof Headline previousHeadline) {
+            found.add(previousHeadline);
+            headlinesByPreviousSibling(previousHeadline, found);
+        }
+    }
+
 }