diff --git a/frontend/src/components/AwardEditor.tsx b/frontend/src/components/AwardEditor.tsx
index da14b20..c8de09a 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/AwardEditor.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/components/AwardEditor.tsx
@@ -574,8 +574,12 @@ export function AwardEditor({ open, onClose, onSaved }: Props) {
                         {/* NO_FIELD is a sentinel because the stored value is the
                             empty string and a Select cannot carry one — an empty
                             item value means "show the placeholder" to Radix. */}
+                        {/* Picking "no field" clears the fallbacks too: it promises that
+                            nothing is matched automatically, and an OR rule left behind goes
+                            on scanning its own field — worse than a visible one, because the
+                            panel stops showing it. */}
                         <Select value={cur.field || NO_FIELD}
-                          onValueChange={(v) => patch({ field: v === NO_FIELD ? '' : v })}>
+                          onValueChange={(v) => patch(v === NO_FIELD ? { field: '', or_rules: [] } : { field: v })}>
                           <SelectTrigger className="h-8 text-xs w-56"><SelectValue /></SelectTrigger>
                           <SelectContent className="max-h-72">
                             <SelectItem value={NO_FIELD}>{t('awed.fieldNone')}</SelectItem>
@@ -609,10 +613,17 @@ export function AwardEditor({ open, onClose, onSaved }: Props) {
                         <Field2 label={t('awed.prefix')}><Input className="h-8 font-mono text-xs" value={cur.prefix ?? ''} onChange={(e) => patch({ prefix: e.target.value })} placeholder={t('awed.prefixPlaceholder')} title={t('awed.prefixTitle')} /></Field2>
                       </div>
 
+                      </>)}
                       {/* Fallback searches: tried in order, only while nothing
                           has matched yet — the first that hits wins (short-circuit),
                           so a value already resolved by the primary rule isn't
-                          re-derived differently by a later one. */}
+                          re-derived differently by a later one.
+                          
+                          Shown even with no field when rules survive from an
+                          imported definition: a rule that still runs must still
+                          be visible, or the award finds references the panel
+                          says it cannot. */}
+                      {(!noField || (cur.or_rules?.length ?? 0) > 0) && (
                       <div className="border-t pt-2.5 space-y-2">
                         <div className="flex items-center justify-between">
                           <p className="text-[11px] text-muted-foreground">{t('awed.additionalSearches')} <span className="font-semibold">(OR)</span> {t('awed.orAlsoMatch')}</p>
@@ -650,7 +661,7 @@ export function AwardEditor({ open, onClose, onSaved }: Props) {
                           );
                         })}
                       </div>
-                      </>)}
+                      )}
                     </div>
                   </TabsContent>