diff --git a/packages/grafana-data/src/text/text.ts b/packages/grafana-data/src/text/text.ts
index 5b98ba11a6a..0791641a9dc 100644
--- a/packages/grafana-data/src/text/text.ts
+++ b/packages/grafana-data/src/text/text.ts
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ export function findHighlightChunksInText({
 }
 
 const cleanNeedle = (needle: string): string => {
-  return needle.replace(/[[{(][\w,.-?:*+]+$/, '');
+  return needle.replace(/[[{(][\w,.\/:;<=>?:*+]+$/, '');
 };
 
 /**
@@ -35,14 +35,17 @@ export function findMatchesInText(haystack: string, needle: string): TextMatch[]
   if (!haystack || !needle) {
     return [];
   }
+
   const matches: TextMatch[] = [];
   const { cleaned, flags } = parseFlags(cleanNeedle(needle));
   let regexp: RegExp;
+
   try {
     regexp = new RegExp(`(?:${cleaned})`, flags);
   } catch (error) {
     return matches;
   }
+
   haystack.replace(regexp, (substring, ...rest) => {
     if (substring) {
       const offset = rest[rest.length - 2];
@@ -55,6 +58,7 @@ export function findMatchesInText(haystack: string, needle: string): TextMatch[]
     }
     return '';
   });
+
   return matches;
 }