diff --git a/java-analyzer-bundle.core/src/main/java/io/konveyor/tackle/core/internal/symbol/CustomASTVisitor.java b/java-analyzer-bundle.core/src/main/java/io/konveyor/tackle/core/internal/symbol/CustomASTVisitor.java
index f53459e..1828e94 100644
--- a/java-analyzer-bundle.core/src/main/java/io/konveyor/tackle/core/internal/symbol/CustomASTVisitor.java
+++ b/java-analyzer-bundle.core/src/main/java/io/konveyor/tackle/core/internal/symbol/CustomASTVisitor.java
@@ -41,12 +41,20 @@ public enum QueryLocation {
     }
 
     public CustomASTVisitor(String query, SearchMatch match, QueryLocation location) {
+        /*
+         * Strip parameter types from the query pattern before matching
+         * The AST provides method names without parameter types, but users
+         * may specify patterns like "ClassName.method(ParamType1, ParamType2)"
+         * We need to remove the parameter types to match correctly
+         */
+        String processedQuery = query.replaceAll("\\([^)]*\\)", "");
+
         /*
          * When comparing query pattern with an actual java element's fqn
          * we need to make sure that * not preceded with a . are replaced
          * by .* so that java regex works as expected on them
         */
-        this.query = query.replaceAll("(?<!\\.)\\*", ".*");
+        this.query = processedQuery.replaceAll("(?<!\\.)\\*", ".*");
         this.symbolMatches = false;
         this.match = match;
         // depending on which location the query was for we only want to