diff --git a/addons/web/static/src/search/search_bar/search_bar.js b/addons/web/static/src/search/search_bar/search_bar.js
index 0e4cc03372e..708743ffa99 100644
--- a/addons/web/static/src/search/search_bar/search_bar.js
+++ b/addons/web/static/src/search/search_bar/search_bar.js
@@ -379,7 +379,7 @@ export class SearchBar extends Component {
             onConfirm: (domain) => this.env.searchModel.splitAndAddDomain(domain, groupId),
             disableConfirmButton: (domain) => domain === `[]`,
             title: _t("Modify Condition"),
-            isDebugMode: !!this.env.debug,
+            isDebugMode: this.env.searchModel.isDebugMode,
         });
     }
 
diff --git a/addons/web/static/src/search/search_bar_menu/search_bar_menu.js b/addons/web/static/src/search/search_bar_menu/search_bar_menu.js
index 79f2363e12b..020b70d87e3 100644
--- a/addons/web/static/src/search/search_bar_menu/search_bar_menu.js
+++ b/addons/web/static/src/search/search_bar_menu/search_bar_menu.js
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ export class SearchBarMenu extends Component {
             title: _t("Add Custom Filter"),
             confirmButtonText: _t("Add"),
             discardButtonText: _t("Cancel"),
-            isDebugMode: !!this.env.debug,
+            isDebugMode: this.env.searchModel.isDebugMode,
         });
     }
 
diff --git a/addons/web/static/src/search/search_model.js b/addons/web/static/src/search/search_model.js
index 4e868591ed1..710f70fd835 100644
--- a/addons/web/static/src/search/search_model.js
+++ b/addons/web/static/src/search/search_model.js
@@ -677,6 +677,9 @@ export class SearchModel extends EventBus {
         return deepCopy(this._orderBy);
     }
 
+    get isDebugMode() {
+        return !!this.env.debug;
+    }
     //--------------------------------------------------------------------------
     // Public
     //--------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -983,7 +986,7 @@ export class SearchModel extends EventBus {
             context = makeContext(contexts);
         }
 
-        const tree = toTree(domain);
+        const tree = toTree(domain, { distributeNot: !this.isDebugMode });
         const trees = !tree.negate && tree.value === "&" ? tree.children : [tree];
         const promises = trees.map(async (tree) => {
             const description = await this.getDomainTreeDescription(this.resModel, tree);
diff --git a/addons/web/static/tests/search/search_bar_menu_tests.js b/addons/web/static/tests/search/search_bar_menu_tests.js
index 048b5bd894c..1039b324fd8 100644
--- a/addons/web/static/tests/search/search_bar_menu_tests.js
+++ b/addons/web/static/tests/search/search_bar_menu_tests.js
@@ -1703,5 +1703,34 @@ QUnit.module("Search", (hooks) => {
             assert.deepEqual(getFacetTexts(target), [`ID is between 0 and 10`]);
             assert.deepEqual(getDomain(controlPanel), ["&", ["id", ">=", 0], ["id", "<=", 10]]);
         });
+
+        QUnit.test("consistent display of ! in debug mode", async function (assert) {
+            patchWithCleanup(odoo, { debug: true });
+
+            const controlPanel = await makeWithSearch({
+                serverData,
+                resModel: "foo",
+                Component: SearchBar,
+                searchMenuTypes: ["filter"],
+                searchViewId: false,
+                searchViewArch: `<search />`,
+            });
+            await toggleSearchBarMenu(target);
+            await openAddCustomFilterDialog(target);
+            await editInput(
+                target,
+                ".o_domain_debug_input",
+                `["!", "|", ("foo", "=", 1 ), ("id", "=", 2)]`
+            );
+            assert.strictEqual(
+                target.querySelector(".o_domain_tree_connector_caret").textContent,
+                "none"
+            );
+
+            await click(target.querySelector(".modal footer button"));
+
+            assert.deepEqual(getFacetTexts(target), [`! ( Foo = 1 or ID = 2 )`]);
+            assert.deepEqual(getDomain(controlPanel), ["!", "|", ["foo", "=", 1], ["id", "=", 2]]);
+        });
     });
 });