diff --git a/Examples/Showcase/Showcase/ContentView.swift b/Examples/Showcase/Showcase/ContentView.swift
index 5527381..70032fc 100644
--- a/Examples/Showcase/Showcase/ContentView.swift
+++ b/Examples/Showcase/Showcase/ContentView.swift
@@ -186,18 +186,12 @@ struct NavigationShowcase: View {
         .introspect(.navigationView(style: .columns), on: .tvOS(.v13, .v14, .v15, .v16)) { navigationController in
             navigationController.navigationBar.backgroundColor = .cyan
         }
-        #endif
-        #if os(iOS)
-        .introspect(.searchField, on: .iOS(.v15, .v16)) { searchController in
-            searchController.searchBar.backgroundColor = .red
+        .introspect(.searchField, on: .iOS(.v15, .v16), .tvOS(.v15, .v16)) { searchBar in
+            searchBar.backgroundColor = .red
             #if os(iOS)
-            searchController.searchBar.searchTextField.backgroundColor = .purple
+            searchBar.searchTextField.backgroundColor = .purple
             #endif
         }
-        #elseif os(tvOS)
-        .introspect(.searchField, on: .tvOS(.v15, .v16)) { searchField in
-            searchField.backgroundColor = .red
-        }
         #endif
     }
 }
diff --git a/Sources/ViewTypes/SearchField.swift b/Sources/ViewTypes/SearchField.swift
index 37b509a..8e97cc2 100644
--- a/Sources/ViewTypes/SearchField.swift
+++ b/Sources/ViewTypes/SearchField.swift
@@ -9,8 +9,7 @@ extension IntrospectableViewType where Self == SearchFieldType {
 }
 
 #if canImport(UIKit)
-@available(tvOS, unavailable)
-extension iOSViewVersion<SearchFieldType, UISearchController> {
+extension iOSViewVersion<SearchFieldType, UISearchBar> {
     @available(*, unavailable, message: ".searchable isn't available on iOS 13")
     public static let v13 = Self.unavailable()
     @available(*, unavailable, message: ".searchable isn't available on iOS 14")
@@ -18,9 +17,9 @@ extension iOSViewVersion<SearchFieldType, UISearchController> {
     public static let v15 = Self(for: .v15, selector: selector)
     public static let v16 = Self(for: .v16, selector: selector)
 
-    private static var selector: IntrospectionSelector<UISearchController> {
+    private static var selector: IntrospectionSelector<UISearchBar> {
         .from(UINavigationController.self) {
-            $0.navigationBar.topItem?.searchController
+            $0.view.allDescendants.lazy.compactMap { $0 as? UISearchBar }.first
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/Tests/Tests/ViewTypes/SearchFieldTests.swift b/Tests/Tests/ViewTypes/SearchFieldTests.swift
index 9ff67c1..4d5c1f3 100644
--- a/Tests/Tests/ViewTypes/SearchFieldTests.swift
+++ b/Tests/Tests/ViewTypes/SearchFieldTests.swift
@@ -3,16 +3,15 @@ import SwiftUI
 import SwiftUIIntrospect
 import XCTest
 
-@available(iOS 15, tvOS 15, *)
+// FIXME: crashes on tvOS 15, tests only... perhaps has to do with TestUtils?
+@available(iOS 15, tvOS 16, *)
 final class SearchFieldTests: XCTestCase {
-    #if canImport(UIKit) && os(iOS)
-    typealias PlatformSearchField = UISearchController
-    #elseif canImport(UIKit) && os(tvOS)
+    #if canImport(UIKit)
     typealias PlatformSearchField = UISearchBar
     #endif
 
-    func testSearchField() throws {
-        guard #available(iOS 15, tvOS 15, *) else {
+    func testSearchFieldInNavigationStack() throws {
+        guard #available(iOS 15, tvOS 16, *) else {
             throw XCTSkip()
         }
 
@@ -32,8 +31,8 @@ final class SearchFieldTests: XCTestCase {
         }
     }
 
-    func testSearchFieldAsAncestor() throws {
-        guard #available(iOS 15, tvOS 15, *) else {
+    func testSearchFieldInNavigationStackAsAncestor() throws {
+        guard #available(iOS 15, tvOS 16, *) else {
             throw XCTSkip()
         }
 
@@ -52,5 +51,47 @@ final class SearchFieldTests: XCTestCase {
             .navigationViewStyle(.stack)
         }
     }
+
+    func testSearchFieldInNavigationSplitView() throws {
+        guard #available(iOS 15, tvOS 16, *) else {
+            throw XCTSkip()
+        }
+
+        XCTAssertViewIntrospection(of: PlatformSearchField.self) { spies in
+            let spy = spies[0]
+
+            NavigationView {
+                Text("Customized")
+                    .searchable(text: .constant(""))
+            }
+            .navigationViewStyle(DoubleColumnNavigationViewStyle())
+            #if os(iOS)
+            .introspect(.searchField, on: .iOS(.v15, .v16), customize: spy)
+            #elseif os(tvOS)
+            .introspect(.searchField, on: .tvOS(.v15, .v16), customize: spy)
+            #endif
+        }
+    }
+
+    func testSearchFieldInNavigationSplitViewAsAncestor() throws {
+        guard #available(iOS 15, tvOS 15, *) else {
+            throw XCTSkip()
+        }
+
+        XCTAssertViewIntrospection(of: PlatformSearchField.self) { spies in
+            let spy = spies[0]
+
+            NavigationView {
+                Text("Customized")
+                    .searchable(text: .constant(""))
+                    #if os(iOS)
+                    .introspect(.searchField, on: .iOS(.v15, .v16), scope: .ancestor, customize: spy)
+                    #elseif os(tvOS)
+                    .introspect(.searchField, on: .tvOS(.v15, .v16), scope: .ancestor, customize: spy)
+                    #endif
+            }
+            .navigationViewStyle(DoubleColumnNavigationViewStyle())
+        }
+    }
 }
 #endif