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diff --git a/vernac/comSearch.ml b/vernac/comSearch.ml
index 9de8d6fbc3..f3b21eb813 100644
--- a/vernac/comSearch.ml
+++ b/vernac/comSearch.ml
@@ -53,7 +53,16 @@ let kind_searcher = Decls.(function
let interp_search_item env sigma =
function
| SearchSubPattern ((where,head),pat) ->
- let _,pat = Constrintern.intern_constr_pattern env sigma pat in
+ let expected_type = Pretyping.(if head then IsType else WithoutTypeConstraint) in
+ let pat =
+ try Constrintern.interp_constr_pattern env sigma ~expected_type pat
+ with e when CErrors.noncritical e ->
+ (* We cannot ensure (yet?) that a typable pattern will
+ actually be typed, consider e.g. (forall A, A -> A /\ A)
+ which fails, not seeing that A can be Prop; so we use an
+ untyped pattern as a fallback (i.e w/o no insertion of
+ coercions, no compilation of pattern-matching) *)
+ snd (Constrintern.intern_constr_pattern env sigma ~as_type:head pat) in
GlobSearchSubPattern (where,head,pat)
| SearchString ((Anywhere,false),s,None) when Id.is_valid s ->
GlobSearchString s