diff --git a/packages/sanity/src/core/index.ts b/packages/sanity/src/core/index.ts
index fb778de8f60..2267d06ea61 100644
--- a/packages/sanity/src/core/index.ts
+++ b/packages/sanity/src/core/index.ts
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ export {
 export * from './scheduledPublishing'
 export * from './schema'
 export type {SearchFactoryOptions, SearchOptions, SearchSort, SearchTerms} from './search'
-export {createSearch, getSearchableTypes} from './search'
+export {createSearch, getSearchableTypes, isPerspectiveRaw} from './search'
 export * from './store'
 export * from './studio'
 export * from './studioClient'
diff --git a/packages/sanity/src/core/search/common/index.ts b/packages/sanity/src/core/search/common/index.ts
index c8242bfd8a4..9c2bd22040f 100644
--- a/packages/sanity/src/core/search/common/index.ts
+++ b/packages/sanity/src/core/search/common/index.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 export * from './deriveSearchWeightsFromType'
 export * from './getSearchableTypes'
+export * from './isPerspectiveRaw'
 export * from './types'
diff --git a/packages/sanity/src/core/search/common/isPerspectiveRaw.ts b/packages/sanity/src/core/search/common/isPerspectiveRaw.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..be45eec9cc5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/sanity/src/core/search/common/isPerspectiveRaw.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+/**
+ * Check if a perspective is 'raw'
+ *
+ * @param perspective - the id of the perspective
+ * @returns true if the perspective is 'raw'
+ *
+ * @internal
+ */
+export function isPerspectiveRaw(perspective: string | undefined): boolean {
+  if (!perspective) return false
+
+  return perspective === 'raw'
+}
diff --git a/packages/sanity/src/core/search/text-search/createTextSearch.ts b/packages/sanity/src/core/search/text-search/createTextSearch.ts
index 3acd66bbe1f..1c8401347d6 100644
--- a/packages/sanity/src/core/search/text-search/createTextSearch.ts
+++ b/packages/sanity/src/core/search/text-search/createTextSearch.ts
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import {map} from 'rxjs/operators'
 import {removeDupes} from '../../util/draftUtils'
 import {
   deriveSearchWeightsFromType,
+  isPerspectiveRaw,
   type SearchOptions,
   type SearchPath,
   type SearchSort,
@@ -132,7 +133,7 @@ export const createTextSearch: SearchStrategyFactory<TextSearchResults> = (
   factoryOptions,
 ) => {
   const {perspective} = factoryOptions
-  const isRaw = perspective === 'raw'
+  const isRaw = isPerspectiveRaw(perspective)
 
   // Search currently supports both strings (reference + cross dataset reference inputs)
   // or a SearchTerms object (omnisearch).
diff --git a/packages/sanity/src/core/search/weighted/createSearchQuery.ts b/packages/sanity/src/core/search/weighted/createSearchQuery.ts
index 68ea253bda8..eef78811fdc 100644
--- a/packages/sanity/src/core/search/weighted/createSearchQuery.ts
+++ b/packages/sanity/src/core/search/weighted/createSearchQuery.ts
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import {compact, flatten, flow, toLower, trim, union, uniq, words} from 'lodash'
 
 import {
   deriveSearchWeightsFromType,
+  isPerspectiveRaw,
   type SearchFactoryOptions,
   type SearchOptions,
   type SearchPath,
@@ -128,7 +129,7 @@ export function createSearchQuery(
   // Extract search terms from string query, factoring in phrases wrapped in quotes
   const terms = extractTermsFromQuery(searchTerms.query)
   const {perspective} = searchOpts
-  const isRaw = perspective === 'raw'
+  const isRaw = isPerspectiveRaw(perspective)
 
   // Construct search filters used in this GROQ query
   const filters = [
diff --git a/packages/sanity/src/core/studio/components/navbar/search/components/searchResults/item/SearchResultItemPreview.tsx b/packages/sanity/src/core/studio/components/navbar/search/components/searchResults/item/SearchResultItemPreview.tsx
index dd0cc24c04e..5d60ede6ae8 100644
--- a/packages/sanity/src/core/studio/components/navbar/search/components/searchResults/item/SearchResultItemPreview.tsx
+++ b/packages/sanity/src/core/studio/components/navbar/search/components/searchResults/item/SearchResultItemPreview.tsx
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import {type SchemaType} from '@sanity/types'
 import {Badge, Box, Flex} from '@sanity/ui'
 import {useMemo} from 'react'
 import {useObservable} from 'react-rx'
-import {useReleases, useSearchState} from 'sanity'
+import {isPerspectiveRaw, useReleases, useSearchState} from 'sanity'
 import {styled} from 'styled-components'
 
 import {type GeneralPreviewLayoutKey} from '../../../../../../../components'
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ export function SearchResultItemPreview({
   const releases = useReleases()
   const {bundlesPerspective} = usePerspective()
   const {state} = useSearchState()
-  const isRaw = state.perspective === 'raw'
+  const isRaw = isPerspectiveRaw(state.perspective)
 
   const observable = useMemo(
     () =>
diff --git a/packages/sanity/src/core/studio/components/navbar/search/contexts/search/SearchProvider.tsx b/packages/sanity/src/core/studio/components/navbar/search/contexts/search/SearchProvider.tsx
index 4f351d8d66a..ead9d713813 100644
--- a/packages/sanity/src/core/studio/components/navbar/search/contexts/search/SearchProvider.tsx
+++ b/packages/sanity/src/core/studio/components/navbar/search/contexts/search/SearchProvider.tsx
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import {type CommandListHandle} from '../../../../../../components'
 import {useSchema} from '../../../../../../hooks'
 import {usePerspective} from '../../../../../../releases/hooks/usePerspective'
 import {useReleases} from '../../../../../../releases/store/useReleases'
-import {type SearchTerms} from '../../../../../../search'
+import {isPerspectiveRaw, type SearchTerms} from '../../../../../../search'
 import {useCurrentUser} from '../../../../../../store'
 import {resolvePerspectiveOptions} from '../../../../../../util/resolvePerspective'
 import {useSource} from '../../../../../source'
@@ -135,10 +135,9 @@ export function SearchProvider({
           ordering?.customMeasurementLabel || `${ordering.sort?.field} ${ordering.sort?.direction}`
       }
 
-      const perspectives =
-        state.perspective === 'raw'
-          ? {bundlePerspective: undefined, perspective: undefined}
-          : resolvePerspectiveOptions(bundlesPerspective)
+      const perspectives = isPerspectiveRaw(state.perspective)
+        ? {bundlePerspective: undefined, perspective: undefined}
+        : resolvePerspectiveOptions(bundlesPerspective)
 
       handleSearch({
         options: {