diff --git a/jedi/api/__init__.py b/jedi/api/__init__.py
index a7b0fbfe..bfb2951b 100644
--- a/jedi/api/__init__.py
+++ b/jedi/api/__init__.py
@@ -550,17 +550,18 @@ class Script(object):
         return parso_to_jedi_errors(self._inference_state.grammar, self._module_node)
 
     def _names(self, all_scopes=False, definitions=True, references=False):
-        def def_ref_filter(name):
-            is_def = name.tree_name.is_definition()
-            return definitions and is_def or references and not is_def
-
         # Set line/column to a random position, because they don't matter.
         module_context = self._get_module_context()
         defs = [
             module_context.create_name(name)
-            for name in get_module_names(self._module_node, all_scopes)
+            for name in get_module_names(
+                self._module_node,
+                all_scopes=all_scopes,
+                definitions=definitions,
+                references=references,
+            )
         ]
-        return sorted(filter(def_ref_filter, defs), key=lambda x: x.start_pos)
+        return sorted(defs, key=lambda x: x.start_pos)
 
     @no_py2_support
     def rename(self, line=None, column=None, **kwargs):
diff --git a/jedi/inference/helpers.py b/jedi/inference/helpers.py
index 3b0b33dd..1e1f6914 100644
--- a/jedi/inference/helpers.py
+++ b/jedi/inference/helpers.py
@@ -122,11 +122,15 @@ def get_names_of_node(node):
         return list(chain.from_iterable(get_names_of_node(c) for c in children))
 
 
-def get_module_names(module, all_scopes):
+def get_module_names(module, all_scopes, definitions=True, references=False):
     """
     Returns a dictionary with name parts as keys and their call paths as
     values.
     """
+    def def_ref_filter(name):
+        is_def = name.is_definition()
+        return definitions and is_def or references and not is_def
+
     names = list(chain.from_iterable(module.get_used_names().values()))
     if not all_scopes:
         # We have to filter all the names that don't have the module as a
@@ -142,7 +146,7 @@ def get_module_names(module, all_scopes):
             return parent_scope in (module, None)
 
         names = [n for n in names if is_module_scope_name(n)]
-    return names
+    return filter(def_ref_filter, names)
 
 
 def is_string(value):
diff --git a/test/test_api/test_project.py b/test/test_api/test_project.py
index b34fcacc..0885c3e5 100644
--- a/test/test_api/test_project.py
+++ b/test/test_api/test_project.py
@@ -51,10 +51,21 @@ def test_load_save_project(tmpdir):
          dict(complete=True)),
         ('test_load_save_p', ['test_api.test_project.test_load_save_project'],
          dict(complete=True, all_scopes=True)),
+
+        ('some_search_test_var', [], {}),
+        ('some_search_test_var', ['test_api.test_project.test_search.some_search_test_var'],
+         dict(all_scopes=True)),
+        ('some_search_test_var', ['test_api.test_project.test_search.some_search_test_var'],
+         dict(complete=True, all_scopes=True)),
+
+        ('sample_int', ['helpers.sample_int'], {}),
+        ('sample_int', ['helpers.sample_int'], dict(all_scopes=True)),
+        ('sample_int.real', ['builtins.int.real'], {}),
     ]
 )
 @pytest.mark.skipif(sys.version_info < (3, 6), reason="Ignore Python 2, because EOL")
 def test_search(string, full_names, kwargs, skip_pre_python36):
+    some_search_test_var = 1.0
     project = Project(test_dir)
     defs = project.search(string, **kwargs)
     assert [d.full_name for d in defs] == full_names