diff --git a/lua/telescope/utils.lua b/lua/telescope/utils.lua
index 1d60a54..7926dcf 100644
--- a/lua/telescope/utils.lua
+++ b/lua/telescope/utils.lua
@@ -193,8 +193,9 @@ utils.is_path_hidden = function(opts, path_display)
     or type(path_display) == "table" and (vim.tbl_contains(path_display, "hidden") or path_display.hidden)
 end
 
-local is_uri = function(filename)
-  return string.match(filename, "^%w+://") ~= nil
+local URI_SCHEME_PATTERN = "^([a-zA-Z]+[a-zA-Z0-9.+-]*):.*"
+utils.is_uri = function(filename)
+  return filename:match(URI_SCHEME_PATTERN) ~= nil
 end
 
 local calc_result_length = function(truncate_len)
@@ -217,7 +218,7 @@ utils.transform_path = function(opts, path)
   if path == nil then
     return
   end
-  if is_uri(path) then
+  if utils.is_uri(path) then
     return path
   end