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Does Search+ make up citations?

Search+ citations point to passages it retrieved from your own documents, and it does not invent page or section locations that a document does not contain. The written answer can still be wrong, so read the excerpt.

Search+ is built so that the AI cites stable references to retrieved passages, which the app then resolves to the actual document and excerpt. That is different from a chatbot that writes a reference from memory.

A citation shows what the answer is based on; it does not prove the answer interpreted the passage correctly. Open the citation and compare the excerpt with the claim before relying on it.

Based on how Search+ resolves citations to stored passages, October 2026.

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Can Search+ give a wrong answer?
Yes. AI-generated answers can be incomplete or inaccurate, and Search+ does not guarantee that any answer is correct or complete.
Does Search+ show where an answer came from?
Yes. Search+ answers include inline citations that point to the source document and the supporting excerpt, and you can open a citation to read it.
How do I check where a claim in an answer comes from?
Open the inline citation next to the claim to read the excerpt from your document that it is based on, with a page or section when available.

Last reviewed 2026-10-11 by the Search+ team

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