Annoying way that Search results work

Highlighting the search string is very useful, but once I find it, I would like to stay on that item but turn off the highlight (it is just annoying once you are in the item). But closing the search field makes that item disappear. Maybe another option would be a way to locate recently searched items in a list, like you can find recently edited items. If this isn't clear enough let me know and I will try to explain better.