diff --git a/Neos.ContentRepository.Core/Classes/Projection/ContentGraph/Filter/SearchTerm/SearchTermMatcher.php b/Neos.ContentRepository.Core/Classes/Projection/ContentGraph/Filter/SearchTerm/SearchTermMatcher.php
index 1d3dff96350..cb4b8977753 100644
--- a/Neos.ContentRepository.Core/Classes/Projection/ContentGraph/Filter/SearchTerm/SearchTermMatcher.php
+++ b/Neos.ContentRepository.Core/Classes/Projection/ContentGraph/Filter/SearchTerm/SearchTermMatcher.php
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 
 use Neos\ContentRepository\Core\Feature\NodeModification\Dto\SerializedPropertyValues;
 use Neos\ContentRepository\Core\Projection\ContentGraph\Node;
+use Neos\ContentRepository\Core\SharedModel\Node\NodeAggregateId;
 
 /**
  * Performs search term check against the nodes properties
@@ -16,27 +17,27 @@ class SearchTermMatcher
 {
     public static function matchesNode(Node $node, SearchTerm $searchTerm): bool
     {
-        return static::matchesSerializedPropertyValues($node->properties->serialized(), $searchTerm);
+        return static::matchesSerializedPropertyValues($node->properties->serialized(), $searchTerm, $node->aggregateId);
     }
 
-    public static function matchesSerializedPropertyValues(SerializedPropertyValues $serializedPropertyValues, SearchTerm $searchTerm): bool
+    public static function matchesSerializedPropertyValues(SerializedPropertyValues $serializedPropertyValues, SearchTerm $searchTerm, ?NodeAggregateId $nodeAggregateId = null): bool
     {
         if ($searchTerm->term === '') {
             return true;
         }
-        foreach ($serializedPropertyValues as $serializedPropertyValue) {
-            if (self::matchesValue($serializedPropertyValue->value, $searchTerm)) {
+        foreach ($serializedPropertyValues as $propertyName => $serializedPropertyValue) {
+            if (self::matchesValue($serializedPropertyValue->value, $searchTerm, $propertyName, $nodeAggregateId)) {
                 return true;
             }
         }
         return false;
     }
 
-    private static function matchesValue(mixed $value, SearchTerm $searchTerm): bool
+    private static function matchesValue(mixed $value, SearchTerm $searchTerm, string $propertyName, ?NodeAggregateId $nodeAggregateId): bool
     {
         if (is_array($value) || $value instanceof \ArrayObject) {
             foreach ($value as $subValue) {
-                if (self::matchesValue($subValue, $searchTerm)) {
+                if (self::matchesValue($subValue, $searchTerm, $propertyName, $nodeAggregateId)) {
                     return true;
                 }
             }
@@ -44,13 +45,19 @@ private static function matchesValue(mixed $value, SearchTerm $searchTerm): bool
         }
 
         return match (true) {
+            $value === null => false,
             is_string($value) => mb_stripos($value, $searchTerm->term) !== false,
             // the following behaviour might seem odd, but is implemented after how the doctrine adapter filtering is currently implemented
             is_int($value),
             is_float($value) => str_contains((string)$value, $searchTerm->term),
             $value === true => str_contains('true', $searchTerm->term),
             $value === false => str_contains('false', $searchTerm->term),
-            default => throw new \InvalidArgumentException(sprintf('Handling for type %s is not implemented.', get_debug_type($value))),
+            default => throw new \InvalidArgumentException(sprintf(
+                'Handling for type %s within property "%s" of node "%s" is not implemented.',
+                get_debug_type($value),
+                $propertyName,
+                $nodeAggregateId?->value ?: 'unknown'
+            )),
         };
     }
 }
diff --git a/Neos.ContentRepository.Core/Tests/Unit/Projection/ContentGraph/Filter/SearchTerm/SearchTermMatcherTest.php b/Neos.ContentRepository.Core/Tests/Unit/Projection/ContentGraph/Filter/SearchTerm/SearchTermMatcherTest.php
index eaf22358166..26d5f418e99 100644
--- a/Neos.ContentRepository.Core/Tests/Unit/Projection/ContentGraph/Filter/SearchTerm/SearchTermMatcherTest.php
+++ b/Neos.ContentRepository.Core/Tests/Unit/Projection/ContentGraph/Filter/SearchTerm/SearchTermMatcherTest.php
@@ -123,6 +123,7 @@ public function notMatchingExamples(): iterable
         yield 'array with unmatched string' => ['hello', self::value(['hi'])];
         yield 'array key is not considered matching' => ['key', self::value(['key' => 'foo'])];
         yield 'nested array key is not considered matching' => ['key', self::value([['key' => 'foo']])];
+        yield 'array with null value' => ['foo', self::value([null])];
     }
 
     /**