diff --git a/org.eclipse.jdt.core/search/org/eclipse/jdt/internal/core/search/matching/DOMASTNodeUtils.java b/org.eclipse.jdt.core/search/org/eclipse/jdt/internal/core/search/matching/DOMASTNodeUtils.java
index 61cde525682..cd0b9a6ca9d 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jdt.core/search/org/eclipse/jdt/internal/core/search/matching/DOMASTNodeUtils.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.jdt.core/search/org/eclipse/jdt/internal/core/search/matching/DOMASTNodeUtils.java
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@
 
 import java.util.List;
 import org.eclipse.jdt.core.IJavaElement;
+import org.eclipse.jdt.core.IMember;
+import org.eclipse.jdt.core.IParent;
 import org.eclipse.jdt.core.ISourceRange;
 import org.eclipse.jdt.core.ISourceReference;
 import org.eclipse.jdt.core.JavaModelException;
@@ -26,7 +28,7 @@ public static IJavaElement getEnclosingJavaElement(ASTNode node) {
 		if (node instanceof AbstractTypeDeclaration
 			|| node instanceof MethodDeclaration
 			|| node instanceof FieldDeclaration
-			//|| node instanceof VariableDeclaration
+			|| node instanceof Initializer
 			|| node instanceof CompilationUnit
 			|| node instanceof AnnotationTypeMemberDeclaration) {
 			return getDeclaringJavaElement(node);
@@ -57,6 +59,34 @@ private static IJavaElement findElementForNodeCustom(ASTNode key) {
 				}
 			}
 		}
+		if( key instanceof Initializer i) {
+			ASTNode parentNode = i.getParent();
+			int domOccurance = -1;
+			if( parentNode instanceof AbstractTypeDeclaration typeDecl) {
+				List parentBody = typeDecl.bodyDeclarations();
+				for( int z = 0; z < parentBody.size() && domOccurance == -1; z++ ) {
+					if( parentBody.get(z) == key) {
+						domOccurance = z + 1;
+					}
+				}
+			}
+			IJavaElement parentEl = findElementForNodeViaDirectBinding(parentNode);
+			if( parentEl instanceof IParent parentElement) {
+				try {
+					IJavaElement[] kiddos = parentElement.getChildren();
+					for( int q = 0; q < kiddos.length; q++ ) {
+						if( kiddos[q] instanceof IMember kiddoMember) {
+							int count = kiddoMember.getOccurrenceCount();
+							if( count == domOccurance ) {
+								return kiddos[q];
+							}
+						}
+					}
+				} catch( JavaModelException jme) {
+					// ignore
+				}
+			}
+		}
 		return null;
 	}