# Finding Terms Hit **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [February 11, 2013, 5:53pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/finding-terms-hit/10697 "2013-02-11T17:53:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Matthew\_Reda](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/matthew_reda/32/2495_2.png) [@Matthew\_Reda](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Matthew_Reda)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2013, 5:53pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/finding-terms-hit/10697/1 "2013-02-11T17:53:15Z")
I am relatively new to ES, I have been searching for a few days but have been unable to find an answer. Is it possible, through a query, to return only the key words that are hit within a field? Essentially a combination of what text inside highlight tags for a particular field. I have been able to work this out in java through Lucene extracting fields from explain and combining with the initial query. I just can't seem to get it going for ES. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "elasticsearch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/groups/opt\_out](https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out). ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2017, 2:52am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/finding-terms-hit/10697/2 "2017-07-06T02:52:04Z")