diff --git a/lib/ProMotion/table/data/table_data.rb b/lib/ProMotion/table/data/table_data.rb
index cd8eb509..2a231632 100644
--- a/lib/ProMotion/table/data/table_data.rb
+++ b/lib/ProMotion/table/data/table_data.rb
@@ -59,8 +59,13 @@ def filtered?
       @filtered == true
     end
 
+    def search_string
+      @search_string ||= nil
+    end
+
     def search(search_string)
       @filtered = true
+      @search_string = search_string
       self.filtered_data = []
 
       self.data.compact.each do |section|
diff --git a/lib/ProMotion/table/table.rb b/lib/ProMotion/table/table.rb
index defa1c63..320a3b53 100644
--- a/lib/ProMotion/table/table.rb
+++ b/lib/ProMotion/table/table.rb
@@ -95,6 +95,10 @@ def searching?
       self.promotion_table_data.filtered?
     end
 
+    def search_string
+      self.promotion_table_data.search_string
+    end
+
     def update_table_view_data(data, args = {})
       self.promotion_table_data.data = data
       if args[:index_paths]