diff --git a/core/src/main/java/io/github/mmm/scanner/CharReaderScanner.java b/core/src/main/java/io/github/mmm/scanner/CharReaderScanner.java
index 277a3f5..6b8189d 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/io/github/mmm/scanner/CharReaderScanner.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/io/github/mmm/scanner/CharReaderScanner.java
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.Reader;
 
+import io.github.mmm.base.filter.CharFilter;
 import io.github.mmm.base.text.TextFormatMessageHandler;
 
 /**
@@ -154,6 +155,47 @@ public String peekString(int count) {
     }
   }
 
+  @Override
+  public String peekWhile(CharFilter filter, int maxLen) {
+
+    if (!hasNext()) {
+      return "";
+    }
+    int rest = this.limit - this.offset;
+    if (rest > maxLen) {
+      rest = maxLen;
+    }
+    int len = 0;
+    while (len < rest) {
+      char c = this.buffer[this.offset + len];
+      if (!filter.accept(c)) {
+        return new String(this.buffer, this.offset, len);
+      }
+      len++;
+    }
+    if (fillLookahead()) {
+      int fullRest = rest + this.lookaheadLimit;
+      if ((maxLen > fullRest) && !isEos()) {
+        throwLookaheadError(maxLen);
+      }
+      len = 0;
+      int end = maxLen - rest;
+      while (len < end) {
+        char c = this.lookaheadBuffer[len];
+        if (!filter.accept(c)) {
+          break;
+        }
+        len++;
+      }
+      StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder(rest + len);
+      sb.append(this.buffer, this.offset, rest);
+      sb.append(this.lookaheadBuffer, 0, len);
+      return sb.toString();
+    } else {
+      return new String(this.buffer, this.offset, rest);
+    }
+  }
+
   @Override
   public String getBufferToParse() {
 
@@ -408,4 +450,12 @@ protected boolean expectRestWithLookahead(char[] stopChars, boolean ignoreCase,
     return true;
   }
 
+  @Override
+  protected void reset() {
+
+    super.reset();
+    this.lookaheadLimit = 0;
+    this.position = 0;
+  }
+
 }
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/io/github/mmm/scanner/CharSequenceScanner.java b/core/src/main/java/io/github/mmm/scanner/CharSequenceScanner.java
index 3967abd..5ae93ce 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/io/github/mmm/scanner/CharSequenceScanner.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/io/github/mmm/scanner/CharSequenceScanner.java
@@ -289,6 +289,34 @@ public String peekString(int count) {
     return result;
   }
 
+  @Override
+  public String peekWhile(CharFilter filter, int maxLen) {
+
+    if (maxLen < 0) {
+      throw new IllegalArgumentException("Max must NOT be negative: " + maxLen);
+    }
+    int len = 0;
+    int end = this.offset + maxLen;
+    if (end < 0) { // overflow?
+      end = maxLen;
+    }
+    if (end > this.limit) {
+      end = this.limit;
+    }
+    while (len < end) {
+      char c = this.buffer[len];
+      if (!filter.accept(c)) {
+        break;
+      }
+      len++;
+    }
+    if (len == 0) {
+      return "";
+    } else {
+      return new String(this.buffer, this.offset, len);
+    }
+  }
+
   @Override
   public String readUntil(CharFilter filter, boolean acceptEot) {
 
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/io/github/mmm/scanner/CharStreamScanner.java b/core/src/main/java/io/github/mmm/scanner/CharStreamScanner.java
index fd49fac..0514388 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/io/github/mmm/scanner/CharStreamScanner.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/io/github/mmm/scanner/CharStreamScanner.java
@@ -80,6 +80,17 @@ public interface CharStreamScanner extends TextFormatProcessor {
    */
   String peekString(int count);
 
+  /**
+   * @param filter the {@link CharFilter} {@link CharFilter#accept(char) accepting} only the characters to peek.
+   * @param maxLen the maximum number of characters to peek (get as lookahead without modifying this stream).
+   * @return a {@link String} with the {@link #peek() peeked} characters of the given {@code maxLen} or less if a
+   *         character was hit that is <em>not</em> {@link CharFilter#accept(char) accepted} by the given {@code filter}
+   *         or the end-of-text has been reached before. The state of this stream remains unchanged.
+   * @see #readWhile(CharFilter)
+   * @see #skip(int)
+   */
+  String peekWhile(CharFilter filter, int maxLen);
+
   /**
    * This method reads the number of {@link #next() next characters} given by {@code count} and returns them as string.
    * If there are less characters {@link #hasNext() available} the returned string will be shorter than {@code count}
diff --git a/core/src/test/java/io/github/mmm/scanner/AbstractCharStreamScannerTest.java b/core/src/test/java/io/github/mmm/scanner/AbstractCharStreamScannerTest.java
index 3c73b91..d59c52a 100644
--- a/core/src/test/java/io/github/mmm/scanner/AbstractCharStreamScannerTest.java
+++ b/core/src/test/java/io/github/mmm/scanner/AbstractCharStreamScannerTest.java
@@ -712,6 +712,28 @@ public void testReadWhile() {
     assertThat(scanner.getLine()).isEqualTo(1);
   }
 
+  @Test
+  public void testPeekWhile() {
+
+    // given
+    String string = "abc def  ghi";
+    CharFilter textFilter = CharFilter.LATIN_LETTER;
+    CharFilter spaceFilter = CharFilter.WHITESPACE;
+    // when
+    CharStreamScanner scanner = scanner(string, 3);
+    // then
+    assertThat(scanner.peekWhile(textFilter, 3)).isEqualTo("abc");
+    scanner.skip(3);
+    assertThat(scanner.peekWhile(textFilter, 3)).isEmpty();
+    scanner.skip(1);
+    assertThat(scanner.peekWhile(textFilter, 3)).isEqualTo("def");
+    scanner.skip(3);
+    assertThat(scanner.peekWhile(textFilter, 3)).isEmpty();
+    scanner.skip(2);
+    assertThat(scanner.peekWhile(textFilter, 2)).isEqualTo("gh");
+    assertThat(scanner.peekWhile(textFilter, 3)).isEqualTo("ghi");
+  }
+
   @Test
   public void testReadLine() {