diff --git a/crates/meilisearch/tests/search/restrict_searchable.rs b/crates/meilisearch/tests/search/restrict_searchable.rs
index ce99c4047..8ef5db26d 100644
--- a/crates/meilisearch/tests/search/restrict_searchable.rs
+++ b/crates/meilisearch/tests/search/restrict_searchable.rs
@@ -416,3 +416,381 @@ async fn phrase_search_on_title() {
         )
         .await;
 }
+
+static NESTED_SEARCH_DOCUMENTS: Lazy<Value> = Lazy::new(|| {
+    json!([
+    {
+        "details": {
+            "title": "Shazam!",
+            "desc": "a Captain Marvel ersatz",
+            "weaknesses": ["magic", "requires transformation"],
+            "outfit": {
+                "has_cape": true,
+                "colors": {
+                    "primary": "red",
+                    "secondary": "gold"
+                }
+            }
+        },
+        "id": "1",
+    },
+    {
+        "details": {
+            "title": "Captain Planet",
+            "desc": "He's not part of the Marvel Cinematic Universe",
+            "blue_skin": true,
+            "outfit": {
+                "has_cape": false
+            }
+        },
+        "id": "2",
+    },
+    {
+        "details": {
+            "title": "Captain Marvel",
+            "desc": "a Shazam ersatz",
+            "weaknesses": ["magic", "power instability"],
+            "outfit": {
+                "has_cape": false
+            }
+        },
+        "id": "3",
+    }])
+});
+
+#[actix_rt::test]
+async fn nested_search_on_title_with_prefix_wildcard() {
+    let server = Server::new().await;
+    let index = index_with_documents(&server, &NESTED_SEARCH_DOCUMENTS).await;
+
+    // Wildcard should match to 'details.' attribute
+    index
+        .search(
+            json!({"q": "Captain Marvel", "attributesToSearchOn": ["*.title"], "attributesToRetrieve": ["id"]}),
+            |response, code| {
+                snapshot!(code, @"200 OK");
+                snapshot!(json_string!(response["hits"]),
+                    @r###"
+                [
+                  {
+                    "id": "3"
+                  },
+                  {
+                    "id": "2"
+                  }
+                ]"###);
+            },
+        )
+        .await;
+}
+
+#[actix_rt::test]
+async fn nested_search_with_suffix_wildcard() {
+    let server = Server::new().await;
+    let index = index_with_documents(&server, &NESTED_SEARCH_DOCUMENTS).await;
+
+    // Wildcard should match to any attribute inside 'details.'
+    // It's worth noting the difference between 'details.*' and '*.title'
+    index
+        .search(
+            json!({"q": "Captain Marvel", "attributesToSearchOn": ["details.*"], "attributesToRetrieve": ["id"]}),
+            |response, code| {
+                snapshot!(code, @"200 OK");
+                snapshot!(json_string!(response["hits"]),
+                    @r###"
+                [
+                  {
+                    "id": "3"
+                  },
+                  {
+                    "id": "1"
+                  },
+                  {
+                    "id": "2"
+                  }
+                ]"###);
+            },
+        )
+        .await;
+
+    // Should return 1 document (ids: 1)
+    index
+        .search(
+            json!({"q": "gold", "attributesToSearchOn": ["details.*"], "attributesToRetrieve": ["id"]}),
+            |response, code| {
+                snapshot!(code, @"200 OK");
+                snapshot!(json_string!(response["hits"]),
+                    @r###"
+                [
+                  {
+                    "id": "1"
+                  }
+                ]"###);
+            },
+        )
+        .await;
+
+    // Should return 2 documents (ids: 1 and 2)
+    index
+        .search(
+            json!({"q": "true", "attributesToSearchOn": ["details.*"], "attributesToRetrieve": ["id"]}),
+            |response, code| {
+                snapshot!(code, @"200 OK");
+                snapshot!(json_string!(response["hits"]),
+                    @r###"
+                [
+                  {
+                    "id": "1"
+                  },
+                  {
+                    "id": "2"
+                  }
+                ]"###);
+            },
+        )
+        .await;
+}
+
+#[actix_rt::test]
+async fn nested_search_on_title_restricted_set_with_suffix_wildcard() {
+    let server = Server::new().await;
+    let index = index_with_documents(&server, &NESTED_SEARCH_DOCUMENTS).await;
+    let (task, _status_code) =
+        index.update_settings_searchable_attributes(json!(["details.title"])).await;
+    index.wait_task(task.uid()).await.succeeded();
+
+    index
+        .search(
+            json!({"q": "Captain Marvel", "attributesToSearchOn": ["details.*"], "attributesToRetrieve": ["id"]}),
+            |response, code| {
+                snapshot!(code, @"200 OK");
+                snapshot!(json_string!(response["hits"]),
+                    @r###"
+                [
+                  {
+                    "id": "3"
+                  },
+                  {
+                    "id": "2"
+                  }
+                ]"###);
+            },
+        )
+        .await;
+}
+
+#[actix_rt::test]
+async fn nested_search_no_searchable_attribute_set_with_any_wildcard() {
+    let server = Server::new().await;
+    let index = index_with_documents(&server, &NESTED_SEARCH_DOCUMENTS).await;
+
+    index
+        .search(
+            json!({"q": "Captain Marvel", "attributesToSearchOn": ["unknown.*", "*.unknown"]}),
+            |response, code| {
+                snapshot!(code, @"200 OK");
+                snapshot!(response["hits"].as_array().unwrap().len(), @"0");
+            },
+        )
+        .await;
+
+    let (task, _status_code) = index.update_settings_searchable_attributes(json!(["*"])).await;
+    index.wait_task(task.uid()).await.succeeded();
+
+    index
+        .search(
+            json!({"q": "Captain Marvel", "attributesToSearchOn": ["unknown.*", "*.unknown"]}),
+            |response, code| {
+                snapshot!(code, @"200 OK");
+                snapshot!(response["hits"].as_array().unwrap().len(), @"0");
+            },
+        )
+        .await;
+
+    let (task, _status_code) = index.update_settings_searchable_attributes(json!(["*"])).await;
+    index.wait_task(task.uid()).await.succeeded();
+
+    index
+        .search(
+            json!({"q": "Captain Marvel", "attributesToSearchOn": ["unknown.*", "*.unknown", "*.title"], "attributesToRetrieve": ["id"]}),
+            |response, code| {
+                snapshot!(code, @"200 OK");
+                snapshot!(json_string!(response["hits"]),
+                    @r###"
+                [
+                  {
+                    "id": "3"
+                  },
+                  {
+                    "id": "2"
+                  }
+                ]"###);
+            },
+        )
+        .await;
+}
+
+#[actix_rt::test]
+async fn nested_prefix_search_on_title_with_prefix_wildcard() {
+    let server = Server::new().await;
+    let index = index_with_documents(&server, &NESTED_SEARCH_DOCUMENTS).await;
+
+    // Nested prefix search with prefix wildcard should return 2 documents (ids: 2 and 3).
+    index
+        .search(
+            json!({"q": "Captain Mar", "attributesToSearchOn": ["*.title"], "attributesToRetrieve": ["id"]}),
+            |response, code| {
+                snapshot!(code, @"200 OK");
+                snapshot!(json_string!(response["hits"]),
+                    @r###"
+                [
+                  {
+                    "id": "3"
+                  },
+                  {
+                    "id": "2"
+                  }
+                ]"###);
+            },
+        )
+        .await;
+}
+
+#[actix_rt::test]
+async fn nested_prefix_search_on_details_with_suffix_wildcard() {
+    let server = Server::new().await;
+    let index = index_with_documents(&server, &NESTED_SEARCH_DOCUMENTS).await;
+
+    index
+        .search(
+            json!({"q": "Captain Mar", "attributesToSearchOn": ["details.*"], "attributesToRetrieve": ["id"]}),
+            |response, code| {
+                snapshot!(code, @"200 OK");
+                snapshot!(json_string!(response["hits"]),
+                    @r###"
+                [
+                  {
+                    "id": "3"
+                  },
+                  {
+                    "id": "1"
+                  },
+                  {
+                    "id": "2"
+                  }
+                ]"###);
+            },
+        )
+        .await;
+}
+
+#[actix_rt::test]
+async fn nested_prefix_search_on_weaknesses_with_suffix_wildcard() {
+    let server = Server::new().await;
+    let index = index_with_documents(&server, &NESTED_SEARCH_DOCUMENTS).await;
+
+    // Wildcard search on nested weaknesses should return 2 documents (ids: 1 and 3)
+    index
+        .search(
+            json!({"q": "mag", "attributesToSearchOn": ["details.*"], "attributesToRetrieve": ["id"]}),
+            |response, code| {
+                snapshot!(code, @"200 OK");
+                snapshot!(json_string!(response["hits"]),
+                    @r###"
+                [
+                  {
+                    "id": "1"
+                  },
+                  {
+                    "id": "3"
+                  }
+                ]"###);
+            },
+        )
+        .await;
+}
+
+#[actix_rt::test]
+async fn nested_search_on_title_matching_strategy_all() {
+    let server = Server::new().await;
+    let index = index_with_documents(&server, &NESTED_SEARCH_DOCUMENTS).await;
+
+    // Nested search matching strategy all should only return 1 document (ids: 3)
+    index
+        .search(
+            json!({"q": "Captain Marvel", "attributesToSearchOn": ["*.title"], "matchingStrategy": "all", "attributesToRetrieve": ["id"]}),
+            |response, code| {
+                snapshot!(code, @"200 OK");
+                snapshot!(json_string!(response["hits"]),
+                    @r###"
+                [
+                  {
+                    "id": "3"
+                  }
+                ]"###);
+            },
+        )
+        .await;
+}
+
+#[actix_rt::test]
+async fn nested_attributes_ranking_rule_order_with_prefix_wildcard() {
+    let server = Server::new().await;
+    let index = index_with_documents(&server, &NESTED_SEARCH_DOCUMENTS).await;
+
+    // Document 3 should appear before documents 1 and 2
+    index
+        .search(
+            json!({"q": "Captain Marvel", "attributesToSearchOn": ["*.desc", "*.title"], "attributesToRetrieve": ["id"]}),
+            |response, code| {
+                snapshot!(code, @"200 OK");
+                snapshot!(json_string!(response["hits"]),
+                    @r###"
+                [
+                  {
+                    "id": "3"
+                  },
+                  {
+                    "id": "1"
+                  },
+                  {
+                    "id": "2"
+                  }
+                ]
+                "###
+                );
+            },
+        )
+        .await;
+}
+
+#[actix_rt::test]
+async fn nested_attributes_ranking_rule_order_with_suffix_wildcard() {
+    let server = Server::new().await;
+    let index = index_with_documents(&server, &NESTED_SEARCH_DOCUMENTS).await;
+
+    // Document 3 should appear before documents 1 and 2
+    index
+        .search(
+            json!({"q": "Captain Marvel", "attributesToSearchOn": ["details.*"], "attributesToRetrieve": ["id"]}),
+            |response, code| {
+                snapshot!(code, @"200 OK");
+                snapshot!(json_string!(response["hits"]),
+                    @r###"
+                [
+                  {
+                    "id": "3"
+                  },
+                  {
+                    "id": "1"
+                  },
+                  {
+                    "id": "2"
+                  }
+                ]
+                "###
+                );
+            },
+        )
+        .await;
+}
diff --git a/crates/milli/src/attribute_patterns.rs b/crates/milli/src/attribute_patterns.rs
index 00caa2a6d..8da6942a3 100644
--- a/crates/milli/src/attribute_patterns.rs
+++ b/crates/milli/src/attribute_patterns.rs
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ impl AttributePatterns {
 ///
 /// * `pattern` - The pattern to match against.
 /// * `str` - The string to match against the pattern.
-fn match_pattern(pattern: &str, str: &str) -> PatternMatch {
+pub fn match_pattern(pattern: &str, str: &str) -> PatternMatch {
     // If the pattern is a wildcard, return Match
     if pattern == "*" {
         return PatternMatch::Match;
diff --git a/crates/milli/src/search/new/mod.rs b/crates/milli/src/search/new/mod.rs
index 6e794ef53..0a3bc1b04 100644
--- a/crates/milli/src/search/new/mod.rs
+++ b/crates/milli/src/search/new/mod.rs
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ pub use self::geo_sort::Strategy as GeoSortStrategy;
 use self::graph_based_ranking_rule::Words;
 use self::interner::Interned;
 use self::vector_sort::VectorSort;
+use crate::attribute_patterns::{match_pattern, PatternMatch};
 use crate::constants::RESERVED_GEO_FIELD_NAME;
 use crate::index::PrefixSearch;
 use crate::localized_attributes_rules::LocalizedFieldIds;
@@ -120,17 +121,37 @@ impl<'ctx> SearchContext<'ctx> {
         let searchable_fields_weights = self.index.searchable_fields_and_weights(self.txn)?;
         let exact_attributes_ids = self.index.exact_attributes_ids(self.txn)?;
 
-        let mut wildcard = false;
+        let mut universal_wildcard = false;
 
         let mut restricted_fids = RestrictedFids::default();
         for field_name in attributes_to_search_on {
             if field_name == "*" {
-                wildcard = true;
+                universal_wildcard = true;
                 // we cannot early exit as we want to returns error in case of unknown fields
                 continue;
             }
             let searchable_weight =
                 searchable_fields_weights.iter().find(|(name, _, _)| name == field_name);
+
+            // The field is not searchable but may contain a wildcard pattern
+            if searchable_weight.is_none() && field_name.contains("*") {
+                let matching_searchable_weights: Vec<_> = searchable_fields_weights
+                    .iter()
+                    .filter(|(name, _, _)| match_pattern(field_name, name) == PatternMatch::Match)
+                    .collect();
+
+                if !matching_searchable_weights.is_empty() {
+                    for (_name, fid, weight) in matching_searchable_weights {
+                        if exact_attributes_ids.contains(fid) {
+                            restricted_fids.exact.push((*fid, *weight));
+                        } else {
+                            restricted_fids.tolerant.push((*fid, *weight));
+                        }
+                    }
+                    continue;
+                }
+            }
+
             let (fid, weight) = match searchable_weight {
                 // The Field id exist and the field is searchable
                 Some((_name, fid, weight)) => (*fid, *weight),
@@ -160,7 +181,7 @@ impl<'ctx> SearchContext<'ctx> {
             };
         }
 
-        if wildcard {
+        if universal_wildcard {
             self.restricted_fids = None;
         } else {
             self.restricted_fids = Some(restricted_fids);