atomicpoet, 
🔎 Quick actions have been added to Mastodon search! 🔎
Now Mastodon will help you quickly find hashtags, profiles, and posts when you click inside the search box and start typing.
Search on Mastodon is gradually getting better!
Again, this is available on the web version of mastodon.social. Your server or client might not have this feature yet.
See screenshot.