diff --git a/src/main/java/org/apache/log4j/chainsaw/ChainsawCyclicBufferTableModel.java b/src/main/java/org/apache/log4j/chainsaw/ChainsawCyclicBufferTableModel.java
index ad51455..04370a7 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/apache/log4j/chainsaw/ChainsawCyclicBufferTableModel.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/apache/log4j/chainsaw/ChainsawCyclicBufferTableModel.java
@@ -440,7 +440,8 @@
         for (Iterator iter = unfilteredListCopy.iterator();iter.hasNext();) {
             LoggingEventWrapper loggingEventWrapper = (LoggingEventWrapper) iter.next();
             loggingEventWrapper.evaluateSearchRule(findRule);
-            if (loggingEventWrapper.isSearchMatch()) {
+            //return the count of visible search matches
+            if (loggingEventWrapper.isSearchMatch() && loggingEventWrapper.isDisplayed()) {
                 count++;
             }
         }
@@ -489,7 +490,20 @@
       return -1;
     }
 
-    public int getColumnCount() {
+  public int getSearchMatchCount() {
+    int searchMatchCount = 0;
+    synchronized(mutex) {
+      for (Iterator iter = filteredList.iterator();iter.hasNext();) {
+        LoggingEventWrapper wrapper = (LoggingEventWrapper) iter.next();
+        if (wrapper.isSearchMatch() && wrapper.isDisplayed()) {
+          searchMatchCount++;
+        }
+      }
+    }
+    return searchMatchCount;
+  }
+
+  public int getColumnCount() {
     return columnNames.size();
   }
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/apache/log4j/chainsaw/EventContainer.java b/src/main/java/org/apache/log4j/chainsaw/EventContainer.java
index 854fd90..3c34436 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/apache/log4j/chainsaw/EventContainer.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/apache/log4j/chainsaw/EventContainer.java
@@ -175,4 +175,11 @@
    * @return
    */
   int findColoredRow(int currentRow, boolean forward);
+
+  /**
+   * Return the visible search match count
+   *
+   * @return
+   */
+  int getSearchMatchCount();
 }
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/apache/log4j/chainsaw/LogPanel.java b/src/main/java/org/apache/log4j/chainsaw/LogPanel.java
index 449266f..37f9431 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/apache/log4j/chainsaw/LogPanel.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/apache/log4j/chainsaw/LogPanel.java
@@ -2154,7 +2154,7 @@
           //these are actual LoggingEvent instances
           LoggingEvent event = (LoggingEvent)iter.next();
           //create two separate loggingEventWrappers (main table and search table), as they have different info on display state
-          LoggingEventWrapper loggingEventWrapper1 = new LoggingEventWrapper(event, tableModel);
+          LoggingEventWrapper loggingEventWrapper1 = new LoggingEventWrapper(event);
             //if the clearTableExpressionRule is not null, evaluate & clear the table if it matches
             if (clearTableExpressionRule != null && clearTableExpressionRule.evaluate(event, null)) {
                 logger.info("clear table expression matched - clearing table - matching event msg - " + event.getMessage());
@@ -2169,7 +2169,7 @@
           rowAdded = rowAdded || isCurrentRowAdded;
 
           //create a new loggingEventWrapper via copy constructor to ensure same IDs
-          LoggingEventWrapper loggingEventWrapper2 = new LoggingEventWrapper(loggingEventWrapper1, searchModel);
+          LoggingEventWrapper loggingEventWrapper2 = new LoggingEventWrapper(loggingEventWrapper1);
           boolean isSearchCurrentRowAdded = searchModel.isAddRow(loggingEventWrapper2);
           if (isSearchCurrentRowAdded) {
               searchAddedRowCount++;
@@ -3453,17 +3453,29 @@
         tableRuleMediator.setFilterRule(null);
         searchRuleMediator.setFilterRule(null);
         textField.setToolTipText(defaultToolTip);
+        if (findRule != null) {
+          currentSearchMatchCount=tableModel.getSearchMatchCount();
+          statusBar.setSearchMatchCount(currentSearchMatchCount, getIdentifier());
+        }
       } else {
         try {
           tableRuleMediator.setFilterRule(ExpressionRule.getRule(textField.getText()));
           searchRuleMediator.setFilterRule(ExpressionRule.getRule(textField.getText()));
           textField.setToolTipText(defaultToolTip);
+          if (findRule != null) {
+            currentSearchMatchCount=tableModel.getSearchMatchCount();
+            statusBar.setSearchMatchCount(currentSearchMatchCount, getIdentifier());
+          }
           //valid expression, reset background color in case we were previously an invalid expression
           textField.setBackground(UIManager.getColor("TextField.background"));
         } catch (IllegalArgumentException iae) {
           //invalid expression, change background of the field
           textField.setToolTipText(iae.getMessage());
           textField.setBackground(ChainsawConstants.INVALID_EXPRESSION_BACKGROUND);
+          if (findRule != null) {
+            currentSearchMatchCount=tableModel.getSearchMatchCount();
+            statusBar.setSearchMatchCount(currentSearchMatchCount, getIdentifier());
+          }
         }
       }
     }
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/apache/log4j/chainsaw/LoggingEventWrapper.java b/src/main/java/org/apache/log4j/chainsaw/LoggingEventWrapper.java
index 68d8680..65113a1 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/apache/log4j/chainsaw/LoggingEventWrapper.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/apache/log4j/chainsaw/LoggingEventWrapper.java
@@ -48,18 +48,16 @@
   //a Map of event fields to Sets of string matches (can be used to render matches differently)
   Map eventMatches = new HashMap();
   private LoggingEventWrapper syncWrapper;
-  private EventContainer eventContainer;
+  private boolean displayed;
 
-  public LoggingEventWrapper(LoggingEvent loggingEvent, EventContainer eventContainer) {
+  public LoggingEventWrapper(LoggingEvent loggingEvent) {
     this.loggingEvent = loggingEvent;
-    this.eventContainer = eventContainer;
   }
 
-  public LoggingEventWrapper(LoggingEventWrapper loggingEventWrapper, EventContainer eventContainer) {
+  public LoggingEventWrapper(LoggingEventWrapper loggingEventWrapper) {
     this.loggingEvent = loggingEventWrapper.getLoggingEvent();
     this.id = loggingEventWrapper.id;
     this.syncWrapper = loggingEventWrapper;
-    this.eventContainer = eventContainer;
     loggingEventWrapper.syncWrapper = this;
   }
 
@@ -157,12 +155,17 @@
   public void setDisplayed(boolean b) {
     markerHeight = DEFAULT_HEIGHT;
     msgHeight = DEFAULT_HEIGHT;
+    displayed = b;
   }
 
   public void setPreviousDisplayedEventTimestamp(long previousDisplayedEventTimeStamp) {
     setProperty(ChainsawConstants.MILLIS_DELTA_COL_NAME_LOWERCASE, String.valueOf(loggingEvent.getTimeStamp() - previousDisplayedEventTimeStamp));
   }
 
+  public boolean isDisplayed() {
+    return displayed;
+  }
+
   public boolean equals(Object o) {
     if (this == o) {
       return true;