UK Sanctions List Search Tool: User Guide

We have published a user guide to accompany the UK Sanctions List search tool. It sets out the functions and features of the search tool, how it works and how to use it.

The user guide helps to explain a number of features to help determine if a person, entity, or ship is included on the UK Sanctions List. These include:

• Exact matches and partial matches of a search term
• Fuzzy searching
• Exact word or phrase
• Highlighting of search matches
• Multi-select filters 
• Search URLs 
• Results ranking  

Contents

1. Overview of search features
2. How the search works
3. Widening your search with fuzzy search
4. Search for exact phrases using quotation marks
5. Highlighting of search matches
6. Using filters to narrow your search
7. Search URLs
8. How results are ranked