diff --git a/array_api_tests/hypothesis_helpers.py b/array_api_tests/hypothesis_helpers.py
index e1df108c..cef157b6 100644
--- a/array_api_tests/hypothesis_helpers.py
+++ b/array_api_tests/hypothesis_helpers.py
@@ -454,9 +454,12 @@ def scalars(draw, dtypes, finite=False, **kwds):
     """
     Strategy to generate a scalar that matches a dtype strategy
 
-    dtypes should be one of the shared_* dtypes strategies.
+    dtypes should be one of the shared_* dtypes strategies or a sequence of dtypes.
     """
-    dtype = draw(dtypes)
+    if isinstance(dtypes, Sequence):
+        dtype = draw(sampled_from(dtypes))
+    else:
+        dtype = draw(dtypes)
     mM = kwds.pop('mM', None)
     if dh.is_int_dtype(dtype):
         if mM is None:
diff --git a/array_api_tests/test_searching_functions.py b/array_api_tests/test_searching_functions.py
index 8df475d8..10a12d0f 100644
--- a/array_api_tests/test_searching_functions.py
+++ b/array_api_tests/test_searching_functions.py
@@ -243,29 +243,42 @@ def test_where(shapes, dtypes, data):
 @pytest.mark.min_version("2023.12")
 @given(data=st.data())
 def test_searchsorted(data):
-    # TODO: test side="right"
     # TODO: Allow different dtypes for x1 and x2
+    x1_dtype = data.draw(st.sampled_from(dh.real_dtypes))
     _x1 = data.draw(
-        st.lists(xps.from_dtype(dh.default_float), min_size=1, unique=True),
+        st.lists(
+            xps.from_dtype(x1_dtype, allow_nan=False, allow_infinity=False),
+            min_size=1,
+            unique=True
+        ),
         label="_x1",
     )
-    x1 = xp.asarray(_x1, dtype=dh.default_float)
+    x1 = xp.asarray(_x1, dtype=x1_dtype)
     if data.draw(st.booleans(), label="use sorter?"):
         sorter = xp.argsort(x1)
     else:
         sorter = None
         x1 = xp.sort(x1)
     note(f"{x1=}")
+
     x2 = data.draw(
         st.lists(st.sampled_from(_x1), unique=True, min_size=1).map(
-            lambda o: xp.asarray(o, dtype=dh.default_float)
+            lambda o: xp.asarray(o, dtype=x1_dtype)
         ),
         label="x2",
     )
+    # make x2.ndim > 1, if it makes sense
+    factors = hh._factorize(x2.shape[0])
+    if len(factors) > 1:
+        x2 = xp.reshape(x2, tuple(factors))
 
-    repro_snippet = ph.format_snippet(f"xp.searchsorted({x1!r}, {x2!r}, sorter={sorter!r})")
+    kw = data.draw(hh.kwargs(side=st.sampled_from(["left", "right"])))
+
+    repro_snippet = ph.format_snippet(
+        f"xp.searchsorted({x1!r}, {x2!r}, sorter={sorter!r}, **kw) with {kw=}"
+    )
     try:
-        out = xp.searchsorted(x1, x2, sorter=sorter)
+        out = xp.searchsorted(x1, x2, sorter=sorter, **kw)
 
         ph.assert_dtype(
             "searchsorted",
@@ -273,7 +286,53 @@ def test_searchsorted(data):
             out_dtype=out.dtype,
             expected=xp.__array_namespace_info__().default_dtypes()["indexing"],
         )
-        # TODO: shapes and values testing
+        # TODO: values testing
+        ph.assert_shape("searchsorted", out_shape=out.shape, expected=x2.shape)
+    except Exception as exc:
+        exc.add_note(repro_snippet)
+        raise
+
+
+### @pytest.mark.min_version("2025.12")
+@given(data=st.data())
+def test_searchsorted_with_scalars(data):
+    # 1. draw x1, sorter and side exactly the same as in test_searchsorted
+    x1_dtype = data.draw(st.sampled_from(dh.real_dtypes))
+    _x1 = data.draw(
+        st.lists(
+            xps.from_dtype(x1_dtype, allow_nan=False, allow_infinity=False),
+            min_size=1,
+            unique=True
+        ),
+        label="_x1",
+    )
+    x1 = xp.asarray(_x1, dtype=x1_dtype)
+    if data.draw(st.booleans(), label="use sorter?"):
+        sorter = xp.argsort(x1)
+    else:
+        sorter = None
+        x1 = xp.sort(x1)
+
+    kw = data.draw(hh.kwargs(side=st.sampled_from(["left", "right"])))
+
+    # 2. draw x2, a real-valued scalar
+    x2 = data.draw(hh.scalars(st.just(x1.dtype), finite=True))
+
+    # 3. testing: similar to test_searchsorted, modulo `out.shape == ()`
+    repro_snippet = ph.format_snippet(
+        f"xp.searchsorted({x1!r}, {x2!r}, sorter={sorter!r}, **kw) with {kw = }"
+    )
+    try:
+        out = xp.searchsorted(x1, x2, sorter=sorter, **kw)
+
+        ph.assert_dtype(
+            "searchsorted",
+            in_dtype=[x1.dtype],  #, x2.dtype
+            out_dtype=out.dtype,
+            expected=xp.__array_namespace_info__().default_dtypes()["indexing"],
+        )
+        # TODO: values testing
+        ph.assert_shape("searchsorted", out_shape=out.shape, expected=())
     except Exception as exc:
         exc.add_note(repro_snippet)
         raise