diff --git a/milli/src/search/new/mod.rs b/milli/src/search/new/mod.rs
index 623c72567..52eb7ffea 100644
--- a/milli/src/search/new/mod.rs
+++ b/milli/src/search/new/mod.rs
@@ -548,6 +548,7 @@ fn resolve_sort_criteria<'ctx, Query: RankingRuleQueryTrait>(
     Ok(())
 }
 
+#[tracing::instrument(level = "trace", skip_all, target = "search")]
 pub fn filtered_universe(
     index: &Index,
     txn: &RoTxn<'_>,