diff --git a/include/rjp.h b/include/rjp.h
index 9b2737a..53aab7e 100644
--- a/include/rjp.h
+++ b/include/rjp.h
@@ -75,6 +75,13 @@ typedef struct RJP_value{
 	enum RJP_type type; //flag to determine active member of union
 }RJP_value;
 
+//Result of an rjp search operation
+typedef struct RJP_search_res{
+	RJP_value* value; //pointer to match
+	size_t searchindex; //index in the search list
+	size_t objindex; //index in the searched object
+}RJP_search_res;
+
  //Convert C string consisting of json data into RJP's format
 RJP_value* rjp_parse(const char* str);
 
@@ -127,13 +134,13 @@ char* rjp_member_name(const RJP_value* member);
 //Return the object member's key name length excluding null terminator
 size_t rjp_member_name_length(RJP_value* member);
 //Search for an object member with given key
-RJP_value* rjp_search_member(const RJP_value* object, const char* search, size_t* index, size_t skip);
+RJP_search_res rjp_search_member(const RJP_value* object, const char* search, size_t skip);
 //Search for first occurance of multiple keys. Returns first occurance of each.
 //Assumes dest is large enough to hold maximum num items.
-size_t rjp_search_members(const RJP_value* object, size_t num, const char** searches, RJP_value** dest, size_t skip);
+size_t rjp_search_members(const RJP_value* object, size_t num, const char** searches, RJP_search_res* dest, size_t skip);
 //Search for multiple occurances of multiple keys. Returns pointer to list of matches.
 //Returned pointer must be freed using rjp_free
-RJP_value** rjp_search_members_multi(const RJP_value* object, size_t num, const char** searches, size_t* rsize, size_t skip);
+RJP_search_res* rjp_search_members_multi(const RJP_value* object, size_t num, const char** searches, size_t* rsize, size_t skip);
 //Access first element of a json array
 RJP_value* rjp_get_element(const RJP_value* array);
 //Access next element of a json array given the previous element
diff --git a/src/rjp.c b/src/rjp.c
index 167145b..33f9bc3 100644
--- a/src/rjp.c
+++ b/src/rjp.c
@@ -124,37 +124,38 @@ char* rjp_member_name(const RJP_value* member){
 size_t rjp_member_name_length(RJP_value* member){
  return ((RJP_object_member*)member)->name.length;
 }
-RJP_value* rjp_search_member(const RJP_value* object, const char* search, size_t* index, size_t skip){
+
+RJP_search_res rjp_search_member(const RJP_value* object, const char* search, size_t skip){
 	RJP_value* member = rjp_get_member(object);
 	size_t i = 0;
 	for(;i < skip && member;member = rjp_next_member(member),++i);
 
 	for(;member;member = rjp_next_member(member),++i){
 		if(!strcmp(((RJP_object_member*)member)->name.value, search)){
-			if(index){
-				*index = i;
-			}
-			return member;
+			return (RJP_search_res){member, 0, i};
 		}
 	}
-	return NULL;
+	return (RJP_search_res){0};
 }
-size_t rjp_search_members(const RJP_value* object, size_t num, const char** searches, RJP_value** dest, size_t skip){
+
+size_t rjp_search_members(const RJP_value* object, size_t num, const char** searches, RJP_search_res* dest, size_t skip){
 	const char** tmp = rjp_alloc(num*sizeof(char*));
 	for(size_t i = 0;i < num;++i){
 		tmp[i] = searches[i];
-		dest[i] = NULL;
 	}
 	RJP_value* member = rjp_get_member(object);
-	for(size_t i = 0;i < skip && member;member = rjp_next_member(member));
+	size_t objindex = 0;
+	for(;objindex < skip && member;member = rjp_next_member(member),++objindex);
 	size_t matches = 0;
 
-	for(;member;member = rjp_next_member(member)){
+	for(;member;member = rjp_next_member(member),++objindex){
 		for(size_t i = 0;i < num;++i){
 			if(searches[i] == NULL)
 				continue;
 			if(!strcmp(((RJP_object_member*)member)->name.value, searches[i])){
-				dest[i] = member;
+				dest[i].value = member;
+				dest[i].searchindex = i;
+				dest[i].objindex = objindex;
 				searches[i] = NULL;
 				++matches;
 				break;
@@ -167,21 +168,25 @@ size_t rjp_search_members(const RJP_value* object, size_t num, const char** sear
 	rjp_free(tmp);
 	return matches;
 }
-RJP_value** rjp_search_members_multi(const RJP_value* object, size_t num, const char** searches, size_t* rsize, size_t skip){
-	RJP_value** ret = rjp_alloc(num*sizeof(RJP_value*));
+RJP_search_res* rjp_search_members_multi(const RJP_value* object, size_t num, const char** searches, size_t* rsize, size_t skip){
+	RJP_search_res* ret = rjp_alloc(num*sizeof(RJP_search_res));
 	size_t ret_size = num;
 	size_t j = 0;
 
 	RJP_value* member = rjp_get_member(object);
-	for(size_t i = 0;i < skip && member;member = rjp_next_member(member));
+	size_t objindex = 0;
+	for(;objindex < skip && member;member = rjp_next_member(member),++objindex);
 
-	for(;member;member = rjp_next_member(member)){
+	for(;member;member = rjp_next_member(member),++objindex){
 		for(size_t i = 0;i < num;++i){
 			if(!strcmp(((RJP_object_member*)member)->name.value, searches[i])){
-				ret[j++] = member;
+				ret[j].value = member;
+				ret[j].searchindex = i;
+				ret[j].objindex = objindex;
+				++j;
 				if(j == ret_size){
 					ret_size *= 2;
-					ret = rjp_realloc(ret, ret_size*sizeof(RJP_value*));
+					ret = rjp_realloc(ret, ret_size*sizeof(RJP_search_res));
 				}
 				break;
 			}