diff --git a/jabgui/src/main/java/org/jabref/gui/importer/fetcher/WebSearchPaneViewModel.java b/jabgui/src/main/java/org/jabref/gui/importer/fetcher/WebSearchPaneViewModel.java
index e0406752482..118a0d6a6dd 100644
--- a/jabgui/src/main/java/org/jabref/gui/importer/fetcher/WebSearchPaneViewModel.java
+++ b/jabgui/src/main/java/org/jabref/gui/importer/fetcher/WebSearchPaneViewModel.java
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 import org.jabref.logic.importer.WebFetchers;
 import org.jabref.logic.l10n.Localization;
 import org.jabref.logic.util.BackgroundTask;
+import org.jabref.model.search.query.SearchQuery;
 import org.jabref.model.strings.StringUtil;
 import org.jabref.model.util.OptionalUtil;
 
@@ -30,12 +31,9 @@
 import de.saxsys.mvvmfx.utils.validation.ValidationMessage;
 import de.saxsys.mvvmfx.utils.validation.ValidationStatus;
 import de.saxsys.mvvmfx.utils.validation.Validator;
-import org.apache.lucene.queryparser.flexible.core.QueryNodeParseException;
-import org.apache.lucene.queryparser.flexible.core.parser.SyntaxParser;
-import org.apache.lucene.queryparser.flexible.standard.parser.ParseException;
-import org.apache.lucene.queryparser.flexible.standard.parser.StandardSyntaxParser;
-
-import static org.jabref.logic.importer.fetcher.transformers.AbstractQueryTransformer.NO_EXPLICIT_FIELD;
+import org.antlr.v4.runtime.RecognitionException;
+import org.antlr.v4.runtime.Token;
+import org.antlr.v4.runtime.misc.ParseCancellationException;
 
 public class WebSearchPaneViewModel {
 
@@ -47,7 +45,6 @@ public class WebSearchPaneViewModel {
     private final StateManager stateManager;
 
     private final Validator searchQueryValidator;
-    private final SyntaxParser parser = new StandardSyntaxParser();
 
     public WebSearchPaneViewModel(GuiPreferences preferences, DialogService dialogService, StateManager stateManager) {
         this.dialogService = dialogService;
@@ -85,18 +82,23 @@ public WebSearchPaneViewModel(GuiPreferences preferences, DialogService dialogSe
                     }
 
                     try {
-                        parser.parse(queryText, NO_EXPLICIT_FIELD);
+                        // The result is ignored because we just check for validity
+                        SearchQuery.getStartContext(queryText);
                         return null;
-                    } catch (ParseException e) {
-                        String element = e.currentToken.image;
-                        int position = e.currentToken.beginColumn;
-                        if (element == null) {
-                            return ValidationMessage.error(Localization.lang("Invalid query. Check position %0.", position));
-                        } else {
-                            return ValidationMessage.error(Localization.lang("Invalid query element '%0' at position %1", element, position));
+                    } catch (ParseCancellationException e) {
+                        // RecognitionException can point out the exact error
+                        if (e.getCause() instanceof RecognitionException recEx) {
+                            Token offendingToken = recEx.getOffendingToken();
+
+                            // The character position is 0-based, so we add 1 for user-friendliness.
+                            int line = offendingToken.getLine();
+                            int charPositionInLine = offendingToken.getCharPositionInLine() + 1;
+
+                            return ValidationMessage.error(Localization.lang("Invalid query element '%0' at position %1", line, charPositionInLine));
                         }
-                    } catch (QueryNodeParseException e) {
-                        return ValidationMessage.error("");
+
+                        // Fallback for other failing reasons
+                        return ValidationMessage.error(Localization.lang("Invalid query"));
                     }
                 });
     }
diff --git a/jabgui/src/test/java/org/jabref/gui/importer/fetcher/WebSearchPaneViewModelTest.java b/jabgui/src/test/java/org/jabref/gui/importer/fetcher/WebSearchPaneViewModelTest.java
index dd8dec30616..1d7f94d11d1 100644
--- a/jabgui/src/test/java/org/jabref/gui/importer/fetcher/WebSearchPaneViewModelTest.java
+++ b/jabgui/src/test/java/org/jabref/gui/importer/fetcher/WebSearchPaneViewModelTest.java
@@ -71,9 +71,10 @@ void canExtractDOIFromQueryText() {
     }
 
     @Test
-    void queryConsistingOfInvalidDOIIsInvalid() {
+    void queryConsistingOfInvalidDOIIsValid() {
         viewModel.queryProperty().setValue("101.1007/JHEP02(2023)082");
-        assertFalse(viewModel.queryValidationStatus().validProperty().getValue());
+        // There is currently no interpretation of nearly-valid identifiers, therefore, this is concidered as "regular" search term
+        assertTrue(viewModel.queryValidationStatus().validProperty().getValue());
     }
 
     @Test
@@ -90,7 +91,7 @@ void canExtractISBNFromQueryText() {
 
     @Test
     void queryConsistingOfArXivIdIsValid() {
-        viewModel.queryProperty().setValue("arXiv:2110.02957");
+        viewModel.queryProperty().setValue("arXiv=2110.02957");
         assertTrue(viewModel.queryValidationStatus().validProperty().getValue());
     }
 
diff --git a/jablib/src/main/resources/l10n/JabRef_en.properties b/jablib/src/main/resources/l10n/JabRef_en.properties
index b6a23a166a6..511eb8565fe 100644
--- a/jablib/src/main/resources/l10n/JabRef_en.properties
+++ b/jablib/src/main/resources/l10n/JabRef_en.properties
@@ -1001,7 +1001,7 @@ You\ must\ restart\ JabRef\ for\ this\ to\ come\ into\ effect.=You must restart
 
 Could\ not\ find\ fetcher\ '%0'=Could not find fetcher '%0'
 Running\ query\ '%0'\ with\ fetcher\ '%1'.=Running query '%0' with fetcher '%1'.
-Invalid\ query.\ Check\ position\ %0.=Invalid query. Check position %0.
+Invalid\ query=Invalid query
 Invalid\ query\ element\ '%0'\ at\ position\ %1=Invalid query element '%0' at position %1
 
 Move\ file=Move file