diff --git a/job-tracker-ui/src/admin-audit-page.test.tsx b/job-tracker-ui/src/admin-audit-page.test.tsx
index e0d7cd3a..c1f75d0c 100644
--- a/job-tracker-ui/src/admin-audit-page.test.tsx
+++ b/job-tracker-ui/src/admin-audit-page.test.tsx
@@ -33,6 +33,29 @@ beforeEach(() => {
 const row = { id: 7, type: "Deleted", at: "2026-10-20T12:00:00Z", jobApplicationId: 42, note: "Owner authored text" };
 function deferred<T>() { let resolve!: (value: T) => void; const promise = new Promise<T>(done => { resolve = done; }); return { promise, resolve }; }
 
+test("searches loaded audit metadata without querying the API or matching notes", async () => {
+  mockedApi.get.mockResolvedValue({ data: [
+    { ...row, jobTitle: "Teacher", ownerEmail: "alice@example.test", ownerUserName: "al", ownerUserId: "user-a" },
+    { ...row, id: 8, jobApplicationId: 420, type: "StatusChanged", jobTitle: "Nurse", companyName: "Clinic", note: "Sensitive phrase" },
+  ] } as any);
+  renderPage();
+  await screen.findByText("Teacher");
+  const search = screen.getByRole("searchbox", { name: "Search recent audit events" });
+  expect(search).toHaveAccessibleDescription("Searches up to 200 loaded events by user, event type, application ID, title or company.");
+
+  for (const query of [" ALICE ", "al", "user-a", "Deleted", "42", "teacher"]) {
+    fireEvent.change(search, { target: { value: query } });
+    expect(screen.getByText("Teacher")).toBeInTheDocument();
+    expect(screen.queryByText("Clinic - Nurse")).not.toBeInTheDocument();
+  }
+  fireEvent.change(search, { target: { value: "sensitive phrase" } });
+  expect(screen.getByText("No loaded events match your search.")).toBeInTheDocument();
+  fireEvent.change(search, { target: { value: "" } });
+  expect(screen.getByText("Clinic - Nurse")).toBeInTheDocument();
+  expect(mockedApi.get).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+  expect(mockedApi.post).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+});
+
 test("[P7-10 audit] retains shared heading hierarchy and a named keyboard scroll region", async () => {
   mockedApi.get.mockResolvedValue({ data: [row] } as any);
   renderPage();
diff --git a/job-tracker-ui/src/i18n/translations.ts b/job-tracker-ui/src/i18n/translations.ts
index cc98a4fa..9c2af0e2 100644
--- a/job-tracker-ui/src/i18n/translations.ts
+++ b/job-tracker-ui/src/i18n/translations.ts
@@ -2622,6 +2622,9 @@ export const translations = {
     adminAuditDetails: "Details",
     adminAuditActions: "Actions",
     adminAuditNoEvents: "No events.",
+    adminAuditSearch: "Search recent audit events",
+    adminAuditSearchScope: "Searches up to 200 loaded events by user, event type, application ID, title or company.",
+    adminAuditNoMatches: "No loaded events match your search.",
     adminSystemEnvironment: "Environment",
     adminSystemStatusTab: "Status",
     adminSystemSettingsTab: "Settings",
@@ -5852,6 +5855,9 @@ export const translations = {
     adminAuditDetails: "Detaljer",
     adminAuditActions: "Handlinger",
     adminAuditNoEvents: "Ingen hendelser.",
+    adminAuditSearch: "Søk i nylige revisjonshendelser",
+    adminAuditSearchScope: "Søker i opptil 200 innlastede hendelser etter bruker, hendelsestype, søknads-ID, stillingstittel eller virksomhet.",
+    adminAuditNoMatches: "Ingen innlastede hendelser samsvarer med søket.",
     adminSystemEnvironment: "Miljø",
     adminSystemStatusTab: "Status",
     adminSystemSettingsTab: "Innstillinger",
diff --git a/job-tracker-ui/src/views/AdminAuditPage.tsx b/job-tracker-ui/src/views/AdminAuditPage.tsx
index ba2a9a4f..6898127f 100644
--- a/job-tracker-ui/src/views/AdminAuditPage.tsx
+++ b/job-tracker-ui/src/views/AdminAuditPage.tsx
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import {
   TableContainer,
   TableHead,
   TableRow,
+  TextField,
   Typography,
 } from "@mui/material";
 
@@ -44,6 +45,7 @@ export default function AdminAuditPage() {
   const { toast } = useToast();
   const { language, t } = useI18n();
   const [busyId, setBusyId] = useState<number | null>(null);
+  const [search, setSearch] = useState("");
   const body=useRef<HTMLDivElement>(null);
   const owner=useRef({ mounted: true, generation: 0, busy: false });
   const currentTranslation=useRef(t);
@@ -81,12 +83,28 @@ export default function AdminAuditPage() {
     }
   };
 
-  const rows = auditResource.data;
+  const query = search.trim().toLowerCase();
+  const rows = query ? auditResource.data.filter(e =>
+    String(e.jobApplicationId) === query ||
+    [e.type, e.jobTitle, e.companyName, e.ownerUserId, e.ownerEmail, e.ownerUserName]
+      .some(value => value?.toLowerCase().includes(query))
+  ) : auditResource.data;
   const error=auditResource.error?.message===fallback.current ? { ...auditResource.error, message: t("adminAuditLoadFailed") } : auditResource.error;
 
   return (
     <Box sx={{ display: "grid", gap: "var(--app-section-gap)", minWidth: 0 }}>
       <PageSection title={t("adminAuditEvents")}>
+      {!auditResource.error && auditResource.data.length > 0 && (
+        <TextField
+          type="search"
+          size="small"
+          label={t("adminAuditSearch")}
+          helperText={t("adminAuditSearchScope")}
+          value={search}
+          onChange={event => setSearch(event.target.value)}
+          sx={{ width: "100%", maxWidth: 480, mb: 2 }}
+        />
+      )}
       <Box ref={body} role="region" aria-label={t("adminAuditTitle")} tabIndex={0} aria-busy={busyId!==null || auditResource.loading || auditResource.refreshing} sx={{ minWidth: 0, overflow: "auto" }}>
 
       <ViewStateNotice
@@ -97,7 +115,9 @@ export default function AdminAuditPage() {
         onRetry={async () => { body.current?.focus(); await auditResource.reload(); }}
       />
 
-      {!auditResource.error ? <TableContainer sx={{ overflow: "visible" }}>
+      {!auditResource.error && query && auditResource.data.length > 0 && rows.length === 0 ? (
+        <Typography role="status" sx={{ color: "text.secondary" }}>{t("adminAuditNoMatches")}</Typography>
+      ) : !auditResource.error ? <TableContainer sx={{ overflow: "visible" }}>
         <Table size="small" aria-label={t("adminAuditTitle")} sx={{ minWidth: 1200, "& th, & td": { overflowWrap: "anywhere" }, "& button": { whiteSpace: "normal", "@media (pointer: coarse)": { minHeight: 44 } } }}>
           <TableHead>
             <TableRow>