diff --git a/qrenderdoc/Windows/EventBrowser.cpp b/qrenderdoc/Windows/EventBrowser.cpp
index 569517a6c..98c4df284 100644
--- a/qrenderdoc/Windows/EventBrowser.cpp
+++ b/qrenderdoc/Windows/EventBrowser.cpp
@@ -1344,22 +1344,6 @@ bool EvaluateFilterSet(ICaptureContext &ctx, const rdcarray<EventFilter> &filter
   return accept;
 }
 
-static const SDObject *FindChildRecursively(const SDObject *parent, rdcstr name)
-{
-  const SDObject *o = parent->FindChild(name);
-  if(o)
-    return o;
-
-  for(size_t i = 0; i < parent->NumChildren(); i++)
-  {
-    o = FindChildRecursively(parent->GetChild(i), name);
-    if(o)
-      return o;
-  }
-
-  return NULL;
-}
-
 struct ParseTrace
 {
   int position = -1;
@@ -1787,7 +1771,7 @@ searched for as a case-insensitive substring.
       if(!chunk)
         return false;
 
-      const SDObject *o = FindChildRecursively(chunk, paramName);
+      const SDObject *o = chunk->FindChildRecursively(paramName);
 
       if(!o)
         return false;
diff --git a/renderdoc/api/replay/structured_data.h b/renderdoc/api/replay/structured_data.h
index 1ab2d5a0c..f921e5df2 100644
--- a/renderdoc/api/replay/structured_data.h
+++ b/renderdoc/api/replay/structured_data.h
@@ -618,6 +618,31 @@ returned.
     return NULL;
   }
 
+  DOCUMENT(R"(Find a child object by a given name recursively. If no matching child is found,
+``None`` is returned.
+
+The order of the search is not guaranteed, so care should be taken when the name may not be unique.
+
+:param str childName: The name to search for.
+:return: A reference to the child object if found, or ``None`` if not.
+:rtype: SDObject
+)");
+  inline SDObject *FindChildRecursively(const rdcstr &childName)
+  {
+    SDObject *o = FindChild(childName);
+    if(o)
+      return o;
+
+    for(size_t i = 0; i < NumChildren(); i++)
+    {
+      o = GetChild(i)->FindChildRecursively(childName);
+      if(o)
+        return o;
+    }
+
+    return NULL;
+  }
+
   DOCUMENT(R"(Find a child object by a given index. If the index is out of bounds, ``None`` is
 returned.
 
@@ -652,6 +677,21 @@ returned.
         return GetChild(i);
     return NULL;
   }
+  inline const SDObject *FindChildRecursively(const rdcstr &childName) const
+  {
+    const SDObject *o = FindChild(childName);
+    if(o)
+      return o;
+
+    for(size_t i = 0; i < NumChildren(); i++)
+    {
+      o = GetChild(i)->FindChildRecursively(childName);
+      if(o)
+        return o;
+    }
+
+    return NULL;
+  }
   inline const SDObject *GetChild(size_t index) const
   {
     if(index < data.children.size())