Limit Media Intelligence search results by project (or even sequence)

The scenario: let’s say I have a long edit sequence nearing completion and I am adding B-roll from long source sequences. (In longform shared workflow across a Production, source sequences are used almost uniquely rather than clips). 

The problem:  if I search for “big house”. (It’s a property programme) in either text or visual, the results are replicated for the items I’ve already used in my sequence. There is one search result for each item found in source sequences (great) but this is duplicated if said item is also in the edit sequence. This results in the search results “doubling up” and giving me twice as many results as there actually are. 

The solution: have a tick box in the search dialogue that says “Ignore tagged sequences” or even better “Ignore tagged projects” and tag the edit project/ sequences to be ignored. This way the search results from the edit sequence will be ignored.  

I was going to suggest putting “ignore open sequences” but the source sequence is likely to be open already and the moment it is opened, the search results would disappear. 
 

Hope this makes sense. Happy to make a little video if it helps.