Ok try your problem I created dummy 100 pods (2 deployments) in my local cluster :). 50 named test-deployment. 50 named test1-deployment. Used k9s to search with /test? and I noticed a mix of pods came up. To go further in list, donot forget to press enter key once you see your results and then you can use usual navigation like arrow keys or pgdn/pgup keys to move around the result.