diff --git a/app/src/main/java/se/ajpanton/notificationsmaster/visibility/VisibilityPolicy.kt b/app/src/main/java/se/ajpanton/notificationsmaster/visibility/VisibilityPolicy.kt
index 814eb41..18e743b 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/se/ajpanton/notificationsmaster/visibility/VisibilityPolicy.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/se/ajpanton/notificationsmaster/visibility/VisibilityPolicy.kt
@@ -93,19 +93,23 @@ class CompiledVisibilityPolicy(policy: VisibilityPolicy) {
     fun isBlocked(notification: VisibilityNotification, surface: NotificationSurface): Boolean {
         if (!enabled) return false
         val policy = apps[notification.packageName] ?: return false
-        val matchText = notification.matchText()
-        val exception = policy.exceptions.firstOrNull { it.pattern.matcher(matchText).find() }
+        val matchTexts = notification.matchTexts()
+        val exception = policy.exceptions.firstOrNull { rule ->
+            matchTexts.any { rule.pattern.matcher(it).find() }
+        }
         return surface in (exception?.blockedSurfaces ?: policy.blockedSurfaces)
     }
 
     fun hasExceptions(packageName: String) = apps[packageName]?.exceptions?.isNotEmpty() == true
 
-    private fun VisibilityNotification.matchText() = buildList {
+    private fun VisibilityNotification.matchTexts() = buildList {
         add(packageName)
         add(key)
         listOf(title, text, bigText, subtext, channelId).filterNotNullTo(this)
         addAll(messages)
-    }.joinToString("\n")
+    }.map(String::trim).filter(String::isNotEmpty).let { fields ->
+        fields + fields.joinToString("\n")
+    }
 
     private data class CompiledAppPolicy(
         val blockedSurfaces: Set<NotificationSurface>,
diff --git a/app/src/test/java/se/ajpanton/notificationsmaster/visibility/VisibilityPolicyTest.kt b/app/src/test/java/se/ajpanton/notificationsmaster/visibility/VisibilityPolicyTest.kt
index ebfba63..f71b25e 100644
--- a/app/src/test/java/se/ajpanton/notificationsmaster/visibility/VisibilityPolicyTest.kt
+++ b/app/src/test/java/se/ajpanton/notificationsmaster/visibility/VisibilityPolicyTest.kt
@@ -61,6 +61,14 @@ class VisibilityPolicyTest {
             }
     }
 
+    @Test fun `anchors apply to each notification field`() {
+        val policy = compiled(exceptions = listOf(
+            VisibilityExceptionRule("^Lunch tomorrow\\?$", setOf(NotificationSurface.AOD)),
+        ))
+
+        assertTrue(policy.isBlocked(notification, NotificationSurface.AOD))
+    }
+
     @Test fun `invalid regular expressions can be rejected by an editor`() {
         assertFalse(VisibilityExceptionRule("(", emptySet()).hasValidPattern())
         assertTrue(VisibilityExceptionRule("valid.*", emptySet()).hasValidPattern())