diff --git a/autoload/vimtex/delim.vim b/autoload/vimtex/delim.vim
index 2d6b66d..2d6a90f 100644
--- a/autoload/vimtex/delim.vim
+++ b/autoload/vimtex/delim.vim
@@ -407,9 +407,9 @@ function! s:get_delim(direction, type, side) " {{{1
   "
   let l:re = s:re[a:type][a:side]
   let [l:lnum, l:cnum] = a:direction ==# 'next'
-        \ ? searchpos(l:re, 'cnW', line('w$'))
+        \ ? searchpos(l:re, 'cnW', line('w$') + 200)
         \ : a:direction ==# 'prev'
-        \   ? searchpos(l:re, 'bcnW', line('w0'))
+        \   ? searchpos(l:re, 'bcnW', max([line('w0') - 200, 1]))
         \   : searchpos(l:re, 'bcnW', line('.'))
   let l:match = matchstr(getline(l:lnum), '^' . l:re, l:cnum-1)
 
@@ -625,8 +625,8 @@ endfunction
 
 function! s:get_matching_env() dict " {{{1
   let [re, flags, stopline] = self.is_open
-        \ ? [self.re.close,  'nW', line('w$')]
-        \ : [self.re.open,  'bnW', line('w0')]
+        \ ? [self.re.close,  'nW', line('w$') + 200]
+        \ : [self.re.open,  'bnW', max([line('w0') - 200, 1])]
 
   let [lnum, cnum] = searchpairpos(self.re.open, '', self.re.close,
         \ flags, '', stopline)
@@ -638,8 +638,8 @@ endfunction
 " }}}1
 function! s:get_matching_tex() dict " {{{1
   let [re, flags, stopline] = self.is_open
-        \ ? [self.re.open,  'nW', line('w$')]
-        \ : [self.re.open, 'bnW', line('w0')]
+        \ ? [self.re.open,  'nW', line('w$') + 200]
+        \ : [self.re.open, 'bnW', max([line('w0') - 200, 1])]
 
   let [lnum, cnum] = searchpos(re, flags, stopline)
   let match = matchstr(getline(lnum), '^' . re, cnum-1)
@@ -650,8 +650,8 @@ endfunction
 " }}}1
 function! s:get_matching_latex() dict " {{{1
   let [re, flags, stopline] = self.is_open
-        \ ? [self.re.close, 'nW', line('w$')]
-        \ : [self.re.open, 'bnW', line('w0')]
+        \ ? [self.re.close, 'nW', line('w$') + 200]
+        \ : [self.re.open, 'bnW', max([line('w0') - 200, 1])]
 
   let [lnum, cnum] = searchpos(re, flags, stopline)
   let match = matchstr(getline(lnum), '^' . re, cnum-1)
@@ -662,8 +662,8 @@ endfunction
 " }}}1
 function! s:get_matching_delim() dict " {{{1
   let [re, flags, stopline] = self.is_open
-        \ ? [self.re.close,  'nW', line('w$')]
-        \ : [self.re.open,  'bnW', line('w0')]
+        \ ? [self.re.close,  'nW', line('w$') + 200]
+        \ : [self.re.open,  'bnW', max([line('w0') - 200, 1])]
 
   let [lnum, cnum] = searchpairpos(self.re.open, '', self.re.close,
         \ flags, '', stopline)