diff --git a/src/__tests__/show.test.ts b/src/__tests__/show.test.ts
index 5e8467bb..7b75dc6c 100644
--- a/src/__tests__/show.test.ts
+++ b/src/__tests__/show.test.ts
@@ -1,18 +1,27 @@
 import { describe, it, expect, vi, beforeEach } from 'vitest';
+import React from 'react';
+import { Readable, Writable } from 'node:stream';
+import { render } from 'ink';
 import { getRunningContainers } from '../docker/containers';
 import { getRunningPods } from '../kubernetes/pods';
 import { logger } from '../utils/logger';
 import { showRunners, showPods } from '../commands/show';
 import { createSpinner } from '../ui/spinner';
 import * as tableUtils from '../ui/table';
+import { ShowDashboard } from '../ui/show/ShowDashboard';
 
 // Mock dependencies
 vi.mock('../docker/containers', () => ({
   getRunningContainers: vi.fn(),
+  getDockerSystemStats: vi.fn(async () => null),
+  formatDockerBytes: vi.fn(() => '0 B'),
 }));
 vi.mock('../kubernetes/pods', () => ({
   getRunningPods: vi.fn(),
+  getK8sClusterStats: vi.fn(async () => null),
 }));
+vi.mock('../kubernetes/resources', () => ({ listNodes: vi.fn(async () => []) }));
+vi.mock('../minikube/client', () => ({ getMinikubeStatus: vi.fn(async () => []) }));
 vi.mock('../utils/logger', () => ({
   logger: {
     warn: vi.fn(),
@@ -85,3 +94,76 @@ describe('show command runners', () => {
     expect(spinnerInstance.fail).toHaveBeenCalledWith(expect.stringContaining('Failed to fetch Kubernetes pods'));
   });
 });
+
+class DashboardStdout extends Writable {
+  output = '';
+  isTTY = true;
+  columns = 100;
+  rows = 30;
+  _write(chunk: any, _encoding: string, callback: (error?: Error | null) => void) {
+    this.output += chunk.toString();
+    callback();
+  }
+}
+class DashboardStdin extends Readable {
+  isTTY = true;
+  setRawMode = vi.fn();
+  setEncoding = vi.fn();
+  ref = vi.fn();
+  unref = vi.fn();
+  _read() {}
+  send(value: string) { this.push(Buffer.from(value)); }
+}
+
+describe('ShowDashboard filtered search', () => {
+  it('blurs search without losing the query and navigates filtered rows', async () => {
+    vi.mocked(getRunningPods).mockResolvedValue([
+      { name: 'api-server', namespace: 'default', status: 'Running', restarts: 0, node: 'node-1' } as any,
+      { name: 'worker', namespace: 'default', status: 'Running', restarts: 0, node: 'node-1' } as any,
+    ]);
+    vi.mocked(getRunningContainers).mockResolvedValue([]);
+    const stdout = new DashboardStdout();
+    const stdin = new DashboardStdin();
+    const app = render(React.createElement(ShowDashboard), { stdin, stdout, debug: true });
+    const wait = () => new Promise((resolve) => setTimeout(resolve, 60));
+    await wait();
+    stdin.send('/');
+    await wait();
+    stdin.send('api');
+    await wait();
+    stdin.send('\r');
+    await wait();
+    expect(stdout.output).toContain('Search: api');
+    stdin.send('\u001b[B');
+    await wait();
+    stdin.send('\r');
+    await wait();
+    expect(stdout.output).toContain('Pod: api-server');
+    app.unmount();
+    stdin.push(null);
+  });
+
+  it('clears a blurred search filter on Escape', async () => {
+    vi.mocked(getRunningPods).mockResolvedValue([
+      { name: 'api-server', namespace: 'default', status: 'Running', restarts: 0, node: 'node-1' } as any,
+      { name: 'worker', namespace: 'default', status: 'Running', restarts: 0, node: 'node-1' } as any,
+    ]);
+    vi.mocked(getRunningContainers).mockResolvedValue([]);
+    const stdout = new DashboardStdout();
+    const stdin = new DashboardStdin();
+    const app = render(React.createElement(ShowDashboard), { stdin, stdout, debug: true });
+    const wait = () => new Promise((resolve) => setTimeout(resolve, 60));
+    await wait();
+    stdin.send('/');
+    await wait();
+    stdin.send('api');
+    await wait();
+    stdin.send('\r');
+    await wait();
+    stdin.send('\u001b');
+    await wait();
+    expect(stdout.output.slice(-500)).toContain('worker');
+    app.unmount();
+    stdin.push(null);
+  });
+});
diff --git a/src/ui/show/ShowDashboard.tsx b/src/ui/show/ShowDashboard.tsx
index 5e7698f3..f3e5a1d0 100644
--- a/src/ui/show/ShowDashboard.tsx
+++ b/src/ui/show/ShowDashboard.tsx
@@ -265,13 +265,17 @@ export const ShowDashboard: React.FC<ShowDashboardProps> = ({ onBack, onExit })
     }
 
     if (showSearch) {
-      if (key.escape) {
+      if (key.escape || key.return) {
         setShowSearch(false);
-        setSearchQuery('');
       }
       return;
     }
 
+    if (key.escape && searchQuery) {
+      setSearchQuery('');
+      return;
+    }
+
     if (key.escape || input.toLowerCase() === 'b') {
       triggerBack(onBack, exit);
       return;
@@ -331,10 +335,6 @@ export const ShowDashboard: React.FC<ShowDashboardProps> = ({ onBack, onExit })
       return;
     }
 
-    if (key.escape && showSearch) {
-      setShowSearch(false);
-      setSearchQuery('');
-    }
   });
 
   const currentData = getTabData(activeTab);