diff --git a/docs/release-notes/version-2.6.md b/docs/release-notes/version-2.6.md
index 7e468ca2f..a516034aa 100644
--- a/docs/release-notes/version-2.6.md
+++ b/docs/release-notes/version-2.6.md
@@ -3,11 +3,13 @@
 ## Enhancements
 
 * [#3705](https://github.com/netbox-community/netbox/issues/3705) - Provide request context when executing custom scripts
-* [#3762](https://github.com/netbox-community/netbox/issues/3762) - Added date/time pickers
+* [#3762](https://github.com/netbox-community/netbox/issues/3762) - Add date/time picker widgets
+* [#3788](https://github.com/netbox-community/netbox/issues/3788) - Enable partial search for inventory items
 
 ## Bug Fixes
 
 * [#3695](https://github.com/netbox-community/netbox/issues/3695) - Include A/Z termination sites for circuits in global search
+* [#3712](https://github.com/netbox-community/netbox/issues/3712) - Scrolling to target (hash) did not account for the header size
 * [#3780](https://github.com/netbox-community/netbox/issues/3780) - Fix AttributeError exception in API docs
 
 ---
diff --git a/netbox/dcim/filters.py b/netbox/dcim/filters.py
index cea279ddd..111469d98 100644
--- a/netbox/dcim/filters.py
+++ b/netbox/dcim/filters.py
@@ -868,8 +868,8 @@ class InventoryItemFilter(DeviceComponentFilterSet):
         qs_filter = (
             Q(name__icontains=value) |
             Q(part_id__icontains=value) |
-            Q(serial__iexact=value) |
-            Q(asset_tag__iexact=value) |
+            Q(serial__icontains=value) |
+            Q(asset_tag__icontains=value) |
             Q(description__icontains=value)
         )
         return queryset.filter(qs_filter)
diff --git a/netbox/project-static/js/forms.js b/netbox/project-static/js/forms.js
index 45e9a04a0..bcc6c4d31 100644
--- a/netbox/project-static/js/forms.js
+++ b/netbox/project-static/js/forms.js
@@ -371,4 +371,19 @@ $(document).ready(function() {
         });
         $('select#id_mode').trigger('change');
     }
+
+    // Scroll up an offset equal to the first nav element if a hash is present
+    // Cannot use '#navbar' because it is not always visible, like in small windows
+    function headerOffsetScroll() {
+        if (window.location.hash) {
+            // Short wait needed to allow the page to scroll to the element
+            setTimeout(function() {
+                window.scrollBy(0, -$('nav').height())
+            }, 10);
+        }
+    }
+
+    // Account for the header height when hash-scrolling
+    window.addEventListener('load', headerOffsetScroll);
+    window.addEventListener('hashchange', headerOffsetScroll);
 });