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+"""Tests for search functionality."""
+
+import os
+import tempfile
+
+import pytest
+
+from snip.db.database import Database
+from snip.search.engine import SearchEngine
+
+
+@pytest.fixture
+def db():
+    with tempfile.NamedTemporaryFile(suffix=".db", delete=False) as f:
+        db_path = f.name
+    database = Database(db_path)
+    database.init_db()
+    yield database
+    os.unlink(db_path)
+
+
+@pytest.fixture
+def search_engine(db):
+    return SearchEngine(db)
+
+
+def test_search_basic(search_engine, db):
+    """Test basic search."""
+    db.add_snippet(title="Hello World", code="print('hello')", language="python")
+    db.add_snippet(title="Goodbye", code="print('bye')", language="python")
+
+    results = search_engine.search("hello")
+    assert len(results) >= 1
+
+
+def test_search_with_language_filter(search_engine, db):
+    """Test search with language filter."""
+    db.add_snippet(title="Python Hello", code="print('hello')", language="python")
+    db.add_snippet(title="JS Hello", code="console.log('hello')", language="javascript")
+
+    results = search_engine.search("hello", language="python")
+    assert all(r["language"] == "python" for r in results)
+
+
+def test_search_ranking(search_engine, db):
+    """Test that search results are ranked."""
+    db.add_snippet(title="Hello Function", code="def hello(): pass", language="python")
+    db.add_snippet(title="Hello Class", code="class Hello: pass", language="python")
+
+    results = search_engine.search("hello")
+    assert len(results) >= 1