Why does notmuch ignore my wildcards?

My read of the [notmuch search documentation](https://notmuchmail.org/manpages/notmuch-search-terms-7/) suggests that I should be able to use wildcards in searches, but that doesn't seem to be the case. For instance, I have my mail archives organized into folders by year. If I search for... notmuch search folder:INBOX.Archives.* I get no results, but if I search for a specific year, I get what I expected -- the list of messages in that folder: notmuch search folder:INBOX.Archives.2007 Similarly, tag:inbo* gets nothing. tag:inbox gets plenty. What am I missing here?