Hidden metadata ... ?

Hi,
if I search for images (JPEG) with a certain string in "All metadata" I get photos as result that do not contain this string in one of their visible metadata tags ... Thus, I assume that there are hidden metadata, Bridge does not display.
Can I make them anyhow visible and Bridge? And can I edit/overwrite them, even if there are no standard tags?
Thank you!

The problem: In the Preferences Dialog I can only enable metadata that are known by Bridge ... e.g. the common IPTC core metadata.
But if I use the search function of Bridge searching in "All Metadata", Bridge seems to search in much more metadata, than it shows in the Metadata Panel and that is available in the Preferences.
For example, I searched for a string, that was written in the "OwnerName" of the Camera. And the "File Info..." was the only way to see and read this "Owner Name" and the way via scripting was the only way to edit this entry.
And tags are for me the metadata entries - e.g. ISO, fstop, shutterspeed, copyright, location, ... What's the correct name these things?
I don't know if there is a definition of tags, but for me a tag is an item where I have created a field, while metadata are items that the camera sets. Technically I think it is all metadata, but that is the distinction I make for my own mindset.
I believe that you can not search for something that is not checked or listed in metadata preferences. But then I could be wrong. Could not find OwnerName so unsure exactly where you are looking in File Info. If this is a field there is no way the camera would know this unless your inputted the value to the camera.
There are some fields the camera may have that Bridge does not acknowledge. There may be ways to add this, but I don't know how.

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