Clicking "Search" freezes InDesign CS6 (and also InDesign CC)

On a specific InDesign document, clicking "Search" immediately freezes InDesign. For several reasons this is an inacceptable malfunction.
After restarting InDesign offers recovering my file. Clicking OK opens the file again without any problems but my workarea appears in default view and needs to be set to my adjustments.
"Save as" produces a much lighter file with 47mb instead of former 117mb?! No cure, the bug stays with this copy.
Another phenomenon seems to be coherent to the search-malfunction:
When trying to generate an automated "table of contens" InDesign freezes again.
I am working on CS6 Design and Web Creative Suite on an iMac 27" mid 2011, 16gb RAM. OSX Mavericks.
I installed the font (Helvetica) and checked the file on my MacBook (Mavericks) on CS6. Same problem, no solution.
The used fontfile is checked and appears to be OK.
No other InDesign files are affected by this bug.
Opening the file in InDesign CC shows the same problem.
Did anyone face a similar problem and knows a solution for it?
Thank you in advance for any hint that solves my problem!
Peter

or you may use that CC on your computer as well:
http://forums.adobe.com/thread/1347241

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