diff --git a/deepdiff/search.py b/deepdiff/search.py
index 9b1b11a1..79e0d9c1 100644
--- a/deepdiff/search.py
+++ b/deepdiff/search.py
@@ -319,7 +319,7 @@ def __search_tuple(self, obj: Tuple[Any, ...], item: Any, parent: str, parents_i
 
     def __search(self, obj: Any, item: Any, parent: str = "root", parents_ids: FrozenSet[int] = frozenset()) -> None:
         """The main search method"""
-        if self.__skip_this(item, parent):
+        if self.__skip_this(obj, parent):
             return
 
         elif isinstance(obj, strings) and isinstance(item, (strings, RE_COMPILED_TYPE)):
diff --git a/tests/test_search.py b/tests/test_search.py
index 3984349a..c91f5911 100644
--- a/tests/test_search.py
+++ b/tests/test_search.py
@@ -260,6 +260,16 @@ def test_skip_type_str(self):
         ds = DeepSearch(obj, item, verbose_level=1, exclude_types=[str])
         assert ds == result
 
+    @pytest.mark.parametrize('obj', [[item], (item,), {'key': item}, CustomClass(item)])
+    def test_skip_root_object_type(self, obj):
+        assert DeepSearch(obj, item, exclude_types=[type(obj)]) == {}
+
+    @pytest.mark.parametrize('excluded', [[item], (item,), CustomClass(item)])
+    def test_skip_dictionary_value_type(self, excluded):
+        obj = {'skip': excluded, 'keep': item}
+        result = {'matched_values': {"root['keep']"}}
+        assert DeepSearch(obj, item, exclude_types=[type(excluded)]) == result
+
     def test_skip_regexp(self):
         obj = [{'a': 1, 'b': "somewhere"}, {'c': 4, 'b': "somewhere"}]
         ds = DeepSearch(obj, item, exclude_regex_paths=[r"root\[\d+\]"])