diff --git a/src/preview/data.rs b/src/preview/data.rs
index 6d659fe..82ef0d1 100644
--- a/src/preview/data.rs
+++ b/src/preview/data.rs
@@ -74,16 +74,13 @@ impl PreviewMatch {
         let get_line = |idx: usize| -> &str {
             let start = line_starts[idx];
             let end = line_starts.get(idx + 1).map_or(content.len(), |&s| s - 1);
-            content[start..end].trim_end_matches('\n')
+            content[start..end].trim_end_matches(['\r', '\n'])
         };
 
         let line_number = line_idx + 1;
 
         let context_before: Box<[ContextLine]> = (line_idx.saturating_sub(CONTEXT_LINES)..line_idx)
-            .map(|i| ContextLine {
-                line_number: i + 1,
-                content: truncate_right(get_line(i), 0),
-            })
+            .map(|i| ContextLine::from_content(content, line_starts, i))
             .collect();
 
         let line_idx_end = if byte_end - byte_start > 1024 {
@@ -97,16 +94,16 @@ impl PreviewMatch {
 
         let context_after: Box<[ContextLine]> = ((line_idx_end + 1)
             ..=(line_idx_end + CONTEXT_LINES).min(num_lines.saturating_sub(1)))
-            .map(|i| ContextLine {
-                line_number: i + 1,
-                content: truncate_right(get_line(i), 0),
-            })
+            .map(|i| ContextLine::from_content(content, line_starts, i))
             .collect();
 
         let line_start_byte = line_starts[line_idx];
         let last_line_byte = line_starts[line_idx_end];
+        let first_line_str = get_line(line_idx);
         let last_line_str = get_line(line_idx_end);
-        let mut match_col_start = byte_start - line_start_byte;
+        // clamp to the trimmed line length so a match landing on `\r` (e.g. from
+        // a multiline regex) doesn't produce an out-of-range slice index downstream
+        let mut match_col_start = (byte_start - line_start_byte).min(first_line_str.len());
         let mut match_col_end = (byte_end - last_line_byte).min(last_line_str.len());
 
         let kind = if line_idx_end == line_idx {
@@ -170,6 +167,23 @@ pub struct ContextLine {
     pub content: Box<str>,
 }
 
+impl ContextLine {
+    fn new(line_idx: usize, line: &str) -> Self {
+        Self {
+            line_number: line_idx + 1,
+            content: truncate_right(line, 0),
+        }
+    }
+
+    fn from_content(content: &str, line_starts: &[usize], line_idx: usize) -> Self {
+        let start = line_starts[line_idx];
+        let end = line_starts
+            .get(line_idx + 1)
+            .map_or(content.len(), |&s| s - 1);
+        Self::new(line_idx, content[start..end].trim_end_matches(['\r', '\n']))
+    }
+}
+
 #[derive(Debug, Clone)]
 pub enum PreviewMatchKind {
     SingleLine {
@@ -282,6 +296,54 @@ mod tests {
         assert_eq!(after.len(), MAX_CONTEXT_CHARS);
     }
 
+    #[test]
+    fn build_preview_strips_crlf_line_endings() {
+        let content = "a\r\nb\r\nc\r\nmatch\r\nd\r\ne\r\n";
+        let pos = content.find("match").unwrap_or_else(|| unreachable!());
+        let data = PreviewData::new(content, &[(pos, pos + 5)]);
+        let m = &data.matches[0];
+
+        assert_eq!(&*m.context_before[0].content, "b");
+        assert_eq!(&*m.context_before[1].content, "c");
+        assert_eq!(&*m.context_after[0].content, "d");
+        assert_eq!(&*m.context_after[1].content, "e");
+
+        let PreviewMatchKind::SingleLine { line_content, .. } = &m.kind else {
+            panic!("expected SingleLine");
+        };
+        assert_eq!(&**line_content, "match");
+        assert_eq!(m.match_col_end, 5);
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn build_preview_clamps_match_col_start_when_match_starts_on_line_terminator() {
+        // a match whose byte_start lands on `\n` produces a column past the
+        // \r-stripped line length; without clamping, downstream slicing of
+        // matched_lines[0] would panic
+        let content = "foo bar\r\nbaz\r\n";
+        let lf_byte = 8;
+        let baz_end = 12;
+        let data = PreviewData::new(content, &[(lf_byte, baz_end)]);
+        let m = &data.matches[0];
+        let PreviewMatchKind::MultiLine { matched_lines, .. } = &m.kind else {
+            panic!("expected MultiLine");
+        };
+        assert!(m.match_col_start <= matched_lines[0].len());
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn build_preview_strips_crlf_in_multiline_match() {
+        let content = "foo\r\nbar\r\nbaz\r\n";
+        let data = PreviewData::new(content, &[(0, 8)]);
+        let m = &data.matches[0];
+        let PreviewMatchKind::MultiLine { matched_lines, .. } = &m.kind else {
+            panic!("expected MultiLine");
+        };
+        assert_eq!(matched_lines.len(), 2);
+        assert_eq!(&*matched_lines[0], "foo");
+        assert_eq!(&*matched_lines[1], "bar");
+    }
+
     #[test]
     fn build_preview_size_bytes_nonzero() {
         let content = "hello world\n";
diff --git a/src/search.rs b/src/search.rs
index 7bdd5fc..bd45499 100644
--- a/src/search.rs
+++ b/src/search.rs
@@ -36,7 +36,9 @@ impl<'a> Pattern<'a> {
         }
         Ok(match mode {
             MatchMode::Literal => Pattern::Literal(pattern.as_bytes()),
-            MatchMode::Regex => Pattern::Regex(regex::Regex::new(pattern)?),
+            MatchMode::Regex => {
+                Pattern::Regex(regex::RegexBuilder::new(pattern).crlf(true).build()?)
+            }
             MatchMode::CaseAware => Pattern::Regex(
                 regex::RegexBuilder::new(&regex::escape(pattern))
                     .case_insensitive(true)
@@ -377,6 +379,25 @@ mod tests {
         );
     }
 
+    #[test]
+    fn regex_dot_does_not_match_carriage_return() {
+        // on CRLF content, greedy `.` patterns must stop before `\r` so that
+        // a subsequent replacement doesn't strip the `\r` and corrupt the line ending
+        let content = "foo bar\r\nbaz\r\n";
+        let matches = find_matches_in_content(
+            content,
+            &Pattern::new("foo.*", MatchMode::Regex).unwrap(),
+            &AtomicUsize::new(0),
+            usize::MAX,
+        )
+        .unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(matches.len(), 1);
+        assert_eq!(
+            &content[matches[0].byte_offset_start..matches[0].byte_offset_end],
+            "foo bar"
+        );
+    }
+
     #[test]
     fn empty_pattern_returns_no_matches() {
         let content = "hello world\n";
diff --git a/src/ui/preview.rs b/src/ui/preview.rs
index 434962b..cbdd94a 100644
--- a/src/ui/preview.rs
+++ b/src/ui/preview.rs
@@ -311,7 +311,12 @@ fn build_multiline_match_lines(
             out.push(Line::from(Span::styled(format!("- {line}"), removed_style)));
         }
         if !effective_replacement.is_empty() || !prefix.is_empty() || !suffix.is_empty() {
-            let repl_lines: Vec<&str> = effective_replacement.split('\n').collect();
+            // strip trailing `\r` from each piece so a CRLF replacement renders
+            // cleanly (without leaking a control char into the displayed span)
+            let repl_lines: Vec<&str> = effective_replacement
+                .split('\n')
+                .map(|s| s.trim_end_matches('\r'))
+                .collect();
             let last_idx = repl_lines.len() - 1;
             if last_idx == 0 {
                 out.push(Line::from(Span::styled(
@@ -564,6 +569,33 @@ mod tests {
         assert_eq!(count_match_lines(&info, &preview, ""), 3);
     }
 
+    fn preview_lines(preview: &PreviewMatch) -> Box<[Box<str>]> {
+        match &preview.kind {
+            PreviewMatchKind::MultiLine { matched_lines, .. } => matched_lines.clone(),
+            PreviewMatchKind::SingleLine { .. } => unreachable!(),
+        }
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn multiline_replacement_strips_carriage_return_from_rendered_spans() {
+        // a CRLF replacement (e.g. typed as `\r\n` in RegexMultiline mode and expanded)
+        // must not leak the trailing `\r` into the rendered diff spans
+        let info = make_info();
+        let preview = make_preview_multiline(&["  foo", "bar"], 2, 3);
+        let lines =
+            build_multiline_match_lines(&info, &preview, &preview_lines(&preview), "a\r\nb");
+        for line in &lines {
+            for span in &line.spans {
+                assert!(
+                    !span.content.contains('\r'),
+                    "rendered span leaked a '\\r': {:?}",
+                    span.content
+                );
+            }
+        }
+        assert_eq!(lines.len(), 4);
+    }
+
     #[test]
     fn multiline_single_replacement_line() {
         let matches = vec![make_info()];