diff --git a/editor/find_in_files.cpp b/editor/find_in_files.cpp
index 9f0f2c748..331822f5a 100644
--- a/editor/find_in_files.cpp
+++ b/editor/find_in_files.cpp
@@ -364,6 +364,7 @@ FindInFilesDialog::FindInFilesDialog() {
 
 		_match_case_checkbox = memnew(CheckBox);
 		_match_case_checkbox->set_text(TTR("Match Case"));
+		_match_case_checkbox->set_pressed(true);
 		hbc->add_child(_match_case_checkbox);
 
 		gc->add_child(hbc);
diff --git a/editor_modules/editor_code_editor/editor_find_replace_bar.cpp b/editor_modules/editor_code_editor/editor_find_replace_bar.cpp
index d0d671728..4caba30e2 100644
--- a/editor_modules/editor_code_editor/editor_find_replace_bar.cpp
+++ b/editor_modules/editor_code_editor/editor_find_replace_bar.cpp
@@ -615,6 +615,7 @@ EditorFindReplaceBar::EditorFindReplaceBar() {
 	hbc_option_search->add_child(case_sensitive);
 	case_sensitive->set_text(TTR("Match Case"));
 	case_sensitive->set_focus_mode(FOCUS_NONE);
+	case_sensitive->set_pressed(true);
 	case_sensitive->connect("toggled", this, "_search_options_changed");
 
 	whole_words = memnew(CheckBox);