diff --git a/src/completion/katecompletionmodel.h b/src/completion/katecompletionmodel.h
--- a/src/completion/katecompletionmodel.h
+++ b/src/completion/katecompletionmodel.h
@@ -253,6 +253,11 @@
             m_haveExactMatch = false;
         }
 
+        bool haveContainsMatch() const
+        {
+            return m_haveContainsMatch;
+        }
+
         QString name() const
         {
             return m_nameColumn;
@@ -271,6 +276,7 @@
         // True when passes all active filters
         bool matchFilters;
         bool m_haveExactMatch;
+        bool m_haveContainsMatch;
         bool m_unimportant;
 
         QString completionSortingName() const;
diff --git a/src/completion/katecompletionmodel.cpp b/src/completion/katecompletionmodel.cpp
--- a/src/completion/katecompletionmodel.cpp
+++ b/src/completion/katecompletionmodel.cpp
@@ -1857,9 +1857,9 @@
     bool doHide = false;
     CodeCompletionModel *hideModel = nullptr;
 
-    foreach (Group *group, m_rowTable)
-        foreach (const Item &item, group->filtered)
-            if (item.haveExactMatch()) {
+    for (const Group *group : qAsConst(m_rowTable)) {
+        for (const Item &item : qAsConst(group->filtered)) {
+            if (item.haveExactMatch() || item.haveContainsMatch()) {
                 KTextEditor::CodeCompletionModelControllerInterface *iface3 = dynamic_cast<KTextEditor::CodeCompletionModelControllerInterface *>(item.sourceRow().first);
                 bool hide = false;
                 if (!iface3) {
@@ -1873,14 +1873,18 @@
                     hideModel = item.sourceRow().first;
                 }
             }
+        }
+    }
 
     if (doHide) {
         // Check if all other visible items are from the same model
-        foreach (Group *group, m_rowTable)
-            foreach (const Item &item, group->filtered)
+        for (const Group *group : qAsConst(m_rowTable)) {
+            for (const Item &item : qAsConst(group->filtered)) {
                 if (item.sourceRow().first != hideModel) {
                     return false;
                 }
+            }
+        }
     }
 
     return doHide;
@@ -1997,6 +2001,7 @@
     QString match = model->currentCompletion(m_sourceRow.first);
 
     m_haveExactMatch = false;
+    m_haveContainsMatch = false;
 
     // Hehe, everything matches nothing! (ie. everything matches a blank string)
     if (match.isEmpty()) {
@@ -2014,6 +2019,7 @@
         // Starting at 1 saves looking at the beginning of the word, that was already checked above.
         if (containsAtWordBeginning(m_nameColumn, match, model->matchCaseSensitivity())) {
             matchCompletion = ContainsMatch;
+            m_haveContainsMatch = true;
         }
     }