diff --git a/qt/aqt/addcards.py b/qt/aqt/addcards.py
index 067290342..7def6df53 100644
--- a/qt/aqt/addcards.py
+++ b/qt/aqt/addcards.py
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ class AddCards(QDialog):
     def onHistory(self) -> None:
         m = QMenu(self)
         for nid in self.history:
-            if self.mw.col.findNotes("nid:%s" % nid):
+            if self.mw.col.findNotes(self.col.search_string(nids=[nid])):
                 note = self.mw.col.getNote(nid)
                 fields = note.fields
                 txt = htmlToTextLine(", ".join(fields))
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ class AddCards(QDialog):
 
     def editHistory(self, nid):
         browser = aqt.dialogs.open("Browser", self.mw)
-        browser.form.searchEdit.lineEdit().setText("nid:%d" % nid)
+        browser.form.searchEdit.lineEdit().setText(self.col.search_string(nids=[nid]))
         browser.onSearchActivated()
 
     def addNote(self, note) -> Optional[Note]:
diff --git a/qt/aqt/browser.py b/qt/aqt/browser.py
index e1e474e38..603c47d31 100644
--- a/qt/aqt/browser.py
+++ b/qt/aqt/browser.py
@@ -1705,7 +1705,7 @@ where id in %s"""
             t += (
                 """<li><a href=# onclick="pycmd('%s');return false;">%s</a>: %s</a>"""
                 % (
-                    self.col.search_string(nids=nids).replace('"', '&quot;'),
+                    self.col.search_string(nids=nids).replace('"', "&quot;"),
                     tr(TR.BROWSING_NOTE_COUNT, count=len(nids)),
                     html.escape(val),
                 )
diff --git a/qt/aqt/mediacheck.py b/qt/aqt/mediacheck.py
index 092689a8d..76456a860 100644
--- a/qt/aqt/mediacheck.py
+++ b/qt/aqt/mediacheck.py
@@ -146,7 +146,8 @@ class MediaChecker:
         if out is not None:
             nid, err = out
             browser = aqt.dialogs.open("Browser", self.mw)
-            browser.form.searchEdit.lineEdit().setText("nid:%d" % nid)
+            search = self.mw.col.search_string(nids=[nid])
+            browser.form.searchEdit.lineEdit().setText(search)
             browser.onSearchActivated()
             showText(err, type="html")
         else: