Looking for word or phrase for when you look for something over and over in the same places unsuccessfully then find it there when you look again?

Is there a word for phrase for when you look for something over and over in the same places unsuccessfully then find it there when you look again?


be (right) under your nose

"I ​spent all ​morning ​looking for the ​book, and it was ​right under my nose the ​whole ​time."


If it was a snake, it would have bit me!