diff --git a/docs/components/content/examples/InputMenuExampleSearchQuery.vue b/docs/components/content/examples/InputMenuExampleSearchQuery.vue
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ba84bb16
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/components/content/examples/InputMenuExampleSearchQuery.vue
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+<script setup>
+const people = ['Wade Cooper', 'Arlene Mccoy', 'Devon Webb', 'Tom Cook', 'Tanya Fox', 'Hellen Schmidt', 'Caroline Schultz', 'Mason Heaney', 'Claudie Smitham', 'Emil Schaefer']
+
+const selected = ref()
+const query = ref('Wade')
+</script>
+
+<template>
+  <UInputMenu
+    v-model="selected"
+    v-model:query="query"
+    :options="people"
+    placeholder="Select a person"
+  />
+</template>
diff --git a/docs/content/3.forms/2.input-menu.md b/docs/content/3.forms/2.input-menu.md
index cedb6fd9..026cdf20 100644
--- a/docs/content/3.forms/2.input-menu.md
+++ b/docs/content/3.forms/2.input-menu.md
@@ -100,6 +100,32 @@ excludedProps:
 Learn how to customize icons from the [Input](/forms/input#icon) component.
 ::
 
+## Searchable
+
+### Attributes
+
+Use the `search-attributes` prop with an array of property names to search on each option object. Nested attributes can be accessed using `dot.notation`. When the property value is an array or object, these are cast to string so these can be searched within.
+
+::component-example
+---
+component: 'input-menu-example-search-attributes'
+componentProps:
+  class: 'w-full lg:w-48'
+---
+::
+
+### Control the query
+
+Use a `v-model:query` to control the search query.
+
+::component-example
+---
+component: 'input-menu-example-search-query'
+componentProps:
+  class: 'w-full lg:w-48'
+---
+::
+
 ## Popper
 
 Use the `popper` prop to customize the popper instance.
diff --git a/src/runtime/components/forms/InputMenu.vue b/src/runtime/components/forms/InputMenu.vue
index 73a8a88c..5401a686 100644
--- a/src/runtime/components/forms/InputMenu.vue
+++ b/src/runtime/components/forms/InputMenu.vue
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@
     <div :class="uiMenu.trigger">
       <HComboboxInput
         :id="inputId"
-        ref="input"
         :name="name"
         :required="required"
         :placeholder="placeholder"
@@ -20,8 +19,8 @@
         :class="inputClass"
         autocomplete="off"
         v-bind="attrs"
-        :display-value="() => ['string', 'number'].includes(typeof modelValue) ? modelValue : modelValue[optionAttribute]"
-        @change="query = $event.target.value"
+        :display-value="() => query ? query : ['string', 'number'].includes(typeof modelValue) ? modelValue : modelValue[optionAttribute]"
+        @change="onChange"
       />
 
       <span v-if="(isLeading && leadingIconName) || $slots.leading" :class="leadingWrapperIconClass">
@@ -135,6 +134,10 @@ export default defineComponent({
       type: [String, Number, Object, Array],
       default: ''
     },
+    query: {
+      type: String,
+      default: null
+    },
     by: {
       type: String,
       default: undefined
@@ -256,7 +259,7 @@ export default defineComponent({
       default: () => ({})
     }
   },
-  emits: ['update:modelValue', 'open', 'close', 'change'],
+  emits: ['update:modelValue', 'update:query', 'open', 'close', 'change'],
   setup (props, { emit, slots }) {
     const { ui, attrs } = useUI('input', toRef(props, 'ui'), config, toRef(props, 'class'))
 
@@ -271,7 +274,16 @@ export default defineComponent({
 
     const size = computed(() => sizeButtonGroup.value || sizeFormGroup.value)
 
-    const query = ref('')
+    const internalQuery = ref('')
+    const query = computed({
+      get () {
+        return props.query ?? internalQuery.value
+      },
+      set (value) {
+        internalQuery.value = value
+        emit('update:query', value)
+      }
+    })
 
     const inputClass = computed(() => {
       const variant = ui.value.color?.[color.value as string]?.[props.variant as string] || ui.value.variant[props.variant]
@@ -374,11 +386,16 @@ export default defineComponent({
     })
 
     function onUpdate (event: any) {
+      query.value = ''
       emit('update:modelValue', event)
       emit('change', event)
       emitFormChange()
     }
 
+    function onChange (event: any) {
+      query.value = event.target.value
+    }
+
     return {
       // eslint-disable-next-line vue/no-dupe-keys
       ui,
@@ -403,8 +420,10 @@ export default defineComponent({
       trailingIconClass,
       trailingWrapperIconClass,
       filteredOptions,
+      // eslint-disable-next-line vue/no-dupe-keys
       query,
-      onUpdate
+      onUpdate,
+      onChange
     }
   }
 })