diff --git a/config/config.go b/config/config.go
index 38da06b..a7c34ba 100644
--- a/config/config.go
+++ b/config/config.go
@@ -80,6 +80,12 @@ type UpdateConfig struct {
 type SearchConfig struct {
 	Boost  BoostConfig  `yaml:"boost"`
 	Hybrid HybridConfig `yaml:"hybrid"`
+	Dedup  DedupConfig  `yaml:"dedup"`
+}
+
+// DedupConfig controls file-level deduplication of search results.
+type DedupConfig struct {
+	Enabled bool `yaml:"enabled"`
 }
 
 type HybridConfig struct {
@@ -300,6 +306,9 @@ func DefaultConfig() *Config {
 			RPGMaxDirtyFilesPerBatch:    DefaultWatchRPGMaxDirtyFilesPerBatch,
 		},
 		Search: SearchConfig{
+			Dedup: DedupConfig{
+				Enabled: true,
+			},
 			Hybrid: HybridConfig{
 				Enabled: false,
 				K:       60,
diff --git a/search/dedup.go b/search/dedup.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a7ed93d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/search/dedup.go
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+package search
+
+import "github.com/yoanbernabeu/grepai/store"
+
+// DeduplicateByFile keeps only the highest-scoring chunk per file path.
+func DeduplicateByFile(results []store.SearchResult) []store.SearchResult {
+	seen := make(map[string]bool, len(results))
+	deduped := make([]store.SearchResult, 0, len(results))
+	for _, r := range results {
+		if seen[r.Chunk.FilePath] {
+			continue
+		}
+		seen[r.Chunk.FilePath] = true
+		deduped = append(deduped, r)
+	}
+	return deduped
+}
diff --git a/search/dedup_test.go b/search/dedup_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..76c437d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/search/dedup_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+package search
+
+import (
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/yoanbernabeu/grepai/store"
+)
+
+func TestDeduplicateByFile(t *testing.T) {
+	results := []store.SearchResult{
+		{Chunk: store.Chunk{ID: "a_0", FilePath: "a.go"}, Score: 0.9},
+		{Chunk: store.Chunk{ID: "b_0", FilePath: "b.go"}, Score: 0.8},
+		{Chunk: store.Chunk{ID: "a_1", FilePath: "a.go"}, Score: 0.7},
+		{Chunk: store.Chunk{ID: "c_0", FilePath: "c.go"}, Score: 0.6},
+		{Chunk: store.Chunk{ID: "b_1", FilePath: "b.go"}, Score: 0.5},
+	}
+
+	deduped := DeduplicateByFile(results)
+
+	if len(deduped) != 3 {
+		t.Fatalf("expected 3 results, got %d", len(deduped))
+	}
+
+	expected := []struct {
+		id    string
+		score float32
+	}{
+		{"a_0", 0.9},
+		{"b_0", 0.8},
+		{"c_0", 0.6},
+	}
+
+	for i, want := range expected {
+		if deduped[i].Chunk.ID != want.id {
+			t.Errorf("result[%d]: expected ID %q, got %q", i, want.id, deduped[i].Chunk.ID)
+		}
+		if deduped[i].Score != want.score {
+			t.Errorf("result[%d]: expected score %v, got %v", i, want.score, deduped[i].Score)
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+func TestDeduplicateByFile_Empty(t *testing.T) {
+	deduped := DeduplicateByFile(nil)
+	if len(deduped) != 0 {
+		t.Fatalf("expected 0 results, got %d", len(deduped))
+	}
+}
+
+func TestDeduplicateByFile_AllUnique(t *testing.T) {
+	results := []store.SearchResult{
+		{Chunk: store.Chunk{ID: "a_0", FilePath: "a.go"}, Score: 0.9},
+		{Chunk: store.Chunk{ID: "b_0", FilePath: "b.go"}, Score: 0.8},
+		{Chunk: store.Chunk{ID: "c_0", FilePath: "c.go"}, Score: 0.7},
+	}
+
+	deduped := DeduplicateByFile(results)
+
+	if len(deduped) != 3 {
+		t.Fatalf("expected 3 results, got %d", len(deduped))
+	}
+}
diff --git a/search/search.go b/search/search.go
index 5776e78..7bd5e87 100644
--- a/search/search.go
+++ b/search/search.go
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ type Searcher struct {
 	embedder  embedder.Embedder
 	boostCfg  config.BoostConfig
 	hybridCfg config.HybridConfig
+	dedupCfg  config.DedupConfig
 }
 
 func NewSearcher(st store.VectorStore, emb embedder.Embedder, searchCfg config.SearchConfig) *Searcher {
@@ -21,26 +22,27 @@ func NewSearcher(st store.VectorStore, emb embedder.Embedder, searchCfg config.S
 		embedder:  emb,
 		boostCfg:  searchCfg.Boost,
 		hybridCfg: searchCfg.Hybrid,
+		dedupCfg:  searchCfg.Dedup,
 	}
 }
 
 func (s *Searcher) Search(ctx context.Context, query string, limit int, pathPrefix string) ([]store.SearchResult, error) {
-	// Embed the query
 	queryVector, err := s.embedder.Embed(ctx, query)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
-	// Fetch more results to allow re-ranking
-	fetchLimit := limit * 2
+	fetchMultiplier := 2
+	if s.dedupCfg.Enabled {
+		fetchMultiplier = 4
+	}
+	fetchLimit := limit * fetchMultiplier
 
 	var results []store.SearchResult
 
 	if s.hybridCfg.Enabled {
-		// Hybrid search: combine vector + text search with RRF
 		results, err = s.hybridSearch(ctx, query, queryVector, fetchLimit, pathPrefix)
 	} else {
-		// Vector-only search
 		results, err = s.store.Search(ctx, queryVector, fetchLimit, store.SearchOptions{PathPrefix: pathPrefix})
 	}
 
@@ -48,10 +50,12 @@ func (s *Searcher) Search(ctx context.Context, query string, limit int, pathPref
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
-	// Apply structural boosting
 	results = ApplyBoost(results, s.boostCfg)
 
-	// Trim to requested limit
+	if s.dedupCfg.Enabled {
+		results = DeduplicateByFile(results)
+	}
+
 	if len(results) > limit {
 		results = results[:limit]
 	}
@@ -61,13 +65,11 @@ func (s *Searcher) Search(ctx context.Context, query string, limit int, pathPref
 
 // hybridSearch combines vector search and text search using RRF.
 func (s *Searcher) hybridSearch(ctx context.Context, query string, queryVector []float32, limit int, pathPrefix string) ([]store.SearchResult, error) {
-	// Vector search
 	vectorResults, err := s.store.Search(ctx, queryVector, limit, store.SearchOptions{PathPrefix: pathPrefix})
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
-	// Text search (get all chunks first)
 	allChunks, err := s.store.GetAllChunks(ctx)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
@@ -75,10 +77,9 @@ func (s *Searcher) hybridSearch(ctx context.Context, query string, queryVector [
 
 	textResults := TextSearch(ctx, allChunks, query, limit, pathPrefix)
 
-	// Combine with RRF
 	k := s.hybridCfg.K
 	if k <= 0 {
-		k = 60 // default
+		k = 60
 	}
 
 	return ReciprocalRankFusion(k, limit, vectorResults, textResults), nil