Try like this:

[...] first press Ctrl+R then start typing the command or any part of the command that you are looking for. You'll see an auto-complete of a past command at your prompt. If you keep typing, more specific options will appear. You can also press Ctrl+R again as many times as you want to, this goes back in your history to the previous matching command each time

Once you see a command you like, you can either run it by pressing return, or start editing it by pressing arrows or other movement keys.

Source: Navigating Bash History with Ctrl+R.