diff --git a/modules/ui/doom-modeline/config.el b/modules/ui/doom-modeline/config.el
index 8f03143b6..d289f5647 100644
--- a/modules/ui/doom-modeline/config.el
+++ b/modules/ui/doom-modeline/config.el
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@
   :when (featurep 'evil)
   :init
   (add-transient-hook! #'evil-ex-start-search (require 'evil-anzu))
+  (add-transient-hook! #'evil-ex-start-word-search (require 'evil-anzu))
   :config
   (setq anzu-cons-mode-line-p nil
         anzu-minimum-input-length 1