diff --git a/bin/rclaude b/bin/rclaude
index 259e821..e4e542c 100755
--- a/bin/rclaude
+++ b/bin/rclaude
@@ -176,6 +176,28 @@ list_search_on() {
     list_sessions_on "$1"
 }
 
+# Grep the full content of every Claude session JSONL on <host> for <pat> and
+# emit the matching rows in list_sessions_on() format. Used as a fallback when
+# the cheap pattern path (first-message snippets + cwd) returns nothing.
+deep_search_on() {
+    _host=$1; _pat=$2
+    _q=$(printf %s "$_pat" | sed "s/'/'\\\\''/g")
+    if is_local "$_host"; then
+        _files=$(grep -l -F -i -- "$_pat" "$HOME/.claude/projects/"*/*.jsonl 2>/dev/null || true)
+    else
+        _files=$(ssh -o BatchMode=yes -o ConnectTimeout=5 "$_host" \
+            "grep -l -F -i -- '$_q' \$HOME/.claude/projects/*/*.jsonl 2>/dev/null" 2>/dev/null || true)
+    fi
+    [ -z "$_files" ] && return 0
+    # Extract bare uuids → alternation regex for awk (single-line, safe).
+    _re=$(printf '%s\n' "$_files" | awk -F/ '{print $NF}' | sed 's/\.jsonl$//' \
+          | sort -u | tr '\n' '|' | sed 's/|$//')
+    [ -z "$_re" ] && return 0
+    # Bump CLAUDE_PROJECTS_LIMIT for this lookup so older matches aren't lost.
+    CLAUDE_PROJECTS_LIMIT=5000 list_sessions_on "$_host" \
+        | awk -F'\t' -v r="^($_re)$" '$3 ~ r'
+}
+
 # Get $HOME on <host> (cached per host in /tmp for the life of this shell).
 get_home() {
     _h=$1
@@ -472,6 +494,13 @@ cmd_resume() {
         else
             _matches=${_tmux_part:-$_disk_part}
         fi
+        # Cheap path searches first-user-message snippets + cwd. If nothing
+        # matched, fall back to greping the full transcript content of every
+        # JSONL on each host. Slower but catches mid-conversation references.
+        if [ -z "$_matches" ]; then
+            printf 'rclaude: no first-message hits; searching full transcripts...\n' >&2
+            _matches=$(scan_hosts | while IFS= read -r h; do deep_search_on "$h" "$_pattern"; done | dedupe_sessions)
+        fi
     fi
     _count=0
     [ -n "$_matches" ] && _count=$(printf '%s\n' "$_matches" | wc -l | tr -d ' ')