diff --git a/src/Git/Repository.php b/src/Git/Repository.php
index 4435b11..136907c 100644
--- a/src/Git/Repository.php
+++ b/src/Git/Repository.php
@@ -322,15 +322,17 @@ class Repository extends BaseRepository
             return null;
         }
 
+        $query = preg_replace('/(--?[A-Za-z0-9\-]+)/', '', $query);
         $query = escapeshellarg($query);
 
         try {
-            $results = $this->getClient()->run($this, "grep -i --line-number {$query} $branch");
+            $results = $this->getClient()->run($this, "grep -i --line-number -- {$query} $branch");
         } catch (\RuntimeException $e) {
             return false;
         }
 
         $results = explode("\n", $results);
+        $searchResults = [];
 
         foreach ($results as $result) {
             if ($result == '') {
diff --git a/tests/RepositoryTest.php b/tests/RepositoryTest.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..65cf9f5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/RepositoryTest.php
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+<?php
+
+use GitList\Git\Client;
+use GitList\Git\Repository;
+use PHPUnit\Framework\TestCase;
+use Prophecy\Argument;
+
+class RepositoryTest extends TestCase
+{
+    public function testIsSanitizingSearchWithPager()
+    {
+        $client = $this->prophesize(Client::class);
+        $client->run(Argument::type(Repository::class), "grep -i --line-number -- '=sleep 5;' master")->shouldBeCalled();
+
+        $repository = new Repository('/tmp', $client->reveal());
+        $repository->searchTree('--open-files-in-pager=sleep 5;', 'master');
+        $repository->searchTree('-O=sleep 5;', 'master');
+    }
+
+    public function testIsSanitizingSearchWithAnyOption()
+    {
+        $client = $this->prophesize(Client::class);
+        $client->run(Argument::type(Repository::class), "grep -i --line-number -- 'foobar  =bar;' foo")->shouldBeCalled();
+
+        $repository = new Repository('/tmp', $client->reveal());
+        $repository->searchTree('foobar --bar --foo=bar;', 'foo');
+    }
+}