diff --git a/src/jsonData.js b/src/jsonData.js
index 691c5b6..27072b8 100644
--- a/src/jsonData.js
+++ b/src/jsonData.js
@@ -542,6 +542,54 @@ export function search (data, text): SearchResult[] {
   return results
 }
 
+/**
+ * Find the next search result given a current search result
+ * - When the current search result is the last one, the search will wrap around
+ *   and return the first result as next.
+ * - When current search result is not found, the first search result will be
+ *   returned as next
+ * - When `searchResults` is empty, null will be returned
+ */
+export function nextSearchResult (searchResults: SearchResult[], current: SearchResult): SearchResult | null {
+  if (searchResults.length === 0) {
+    return null
+  }
+
+  const index = searchResults.findIndex(searchResult => isEqual(searchResult, current))
+  if (index !== -1) {
+    return index < searchResults.length - 1
+        ? searchResults[index + 1]
+        : searchResults[0]
+  }
+  else {
+    return searchResults[0]
+  }
+}
+
+/**
+ * Find the previous search result given a current search result
+ * - When the current search result is the first one, the search will wrap around
+ *   and return the last result as next.
+ * - When current search result is not found, the last search result will be
+ *   returned as next
+ * - When `searchResults` is empty, null will be returned
+ */
+export function previousSearchResult (searchResults: SearchResult[], current: SearchResult): SearchResult | null {
+  if (searchResults.length === 0) {
+    return null
+  }
+
+  const index = searchResults.findIndex(searchResult => isEqual(searchResult, current))
+  if (index !== -1) {
+    return index > 0
+        ? searchResults[index - 1]
+        : last(searchResults)
+  }
+  else {
+    return searchResults[0]
+  }
+}
+
 /**
  * Merge searchResults into the data
  */
diff --git a/test/jsonData.test.js b/test/jsonData.test.js
index 3b51cf8..8aa3c6b 100644
--- a/test/jsonData.test.js
+++ b/test/jsonData.test.js
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import test from 'ava';
 import {
     jsonToData, dataToJson, patchData, pathExists, transform, traverse,
     parseJSONPointer, compileJSONPointer,
-    expand, addErrors, search, addSearchResults
+    expand, addErrors, search, addSearchResults, nextSearchResult, previousSearchResult
 } from '../src/jsonData'
 
 
@@ -939,3 +939,59 @@ test('search', t => {
 
   t.deepEqual(updatedData, JSON_DATA_EXAMPLE_SEARCH_L)
 })
+
+test('nextSearchResult', t => {
+  const searchResults = [
+    {dataPath: ['obj', 'arr', '2', 'last'], type: 'property'},
+    {dataPath: ['str'], type: 'value'},
+    {dataPath: ['nill'], type: 'property'},
+    {dataPath: ['nill'], type: 'value'},
+    {dataPath: ['bool'], type: 'property'},
+    {dataPath: ['bool'], type: 'value'}
+  ]
+
+  t.deepEqual(nextSearchResult(searchResults,
+      {dataPath: ['nill'], type: 'property'}),
+      {dataPath: ['nill'], type: 'value'})
+
+  // wrap around
+  t.deepEqual(nextSearchResult(searchResults,
+      {dataPath: ['bool'], type: 'value'}),
+      {dataPath: ['obj', 'arr', '2', 'last'], type: 'property'})
+
+  // return first when current is not found
+  t.deepEqual(nextSearchResult(searchResults,
+      {dataPath: ['non', 'existing'], type: 'value'}),
+      {dataPath: ['obj', 'arr', '2', 'last'], type: 'property'})
+
+  // return null when searchResults are empty
+  t.deepEqual(nextSearchResult([], {dataPath: ['non', 'existing'], type: 'value'}), null)
+})
+
+test('previousSearchResult', t => {
+  const searchResults = [
+    {dataPath: ['obj', 'arr', '2', 'last'], type: 'property'},
+    {dataPath: ['str'], type: 'value'},
+    {dataPath: ['nill'], type: 'property'},
+    {dataPath: ['nill'], type: 'value'},
+    {dataPath: ['bool'], type: 'property'},
+    {dataPath: ['bool'], type: 'value'}
+  ]
+
+  t.deepEqual(previousSearchResult(searchResults,
+      {dataPath: ['nill'], type: 'property'}),
+      {dataPath: ['str'], type: 'value'})
+
+  // wrap around
+  t.deepEqual(previousSearchResult(searchResults,
+      {dataPath: ['obj', 'arr', '2', 'last'], type: 'property'}),
+      {dataPath: ['bool'], type: 'value'})
+
+  // return first when current is not found
+  t.deepEqual(previousSearchResult(searchResults,
+      {dataPath: ['non', 'existing'], type: 'value'}),
+      {dataPath: ['obj', 'arr', '2', 'last'], type: 'property'})
+
+  // return null when searchResults are empty
+  t.deepEqual(previousSearchResult([], {dataPath: ['non', 'existing'], type: 'value'}), null)
+})