diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index c7cb1796c..7184046c0 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -118,6 +118,7 @@
 - TW-1648 Typo in Documentation (thanks to Simon W. Jackson).
 - TW-1651 Provide opt-out of filter parser's id treatment (thanks to Daniel
           Shahaf).
+- TW-1652 task rm misparsed (thanks to Daniel Shahaf).
 - Prevent potential task duplication during import for non-pending tasks.
 - Show the active context in "context list", if any is active.
 - Fix "task edit" dropping annotation text after newlines.
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 933b2241f..c053ad9bf 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ Removed features in 2.4.5
     forms all contain sequences of digits that make the identification of
     IDs, UUIDs, and various date/time formats problematic.
   - Comma-separated UUID lists are no longer supported.
+  - DOM references may no longer be abbreviated.
 
 Known Issues
 
diff --git a/src/CLI2.cpp b/src/CLI2.cpp
index 1b9d55b6e..5faa78ca3 100644
--- a/src/CLI2.cpp
+++ b/src/CLI2.cpp
@@ -854,11 +854,11 @@ void CLI2::aliasExpansion ()
       }
       else if (_aliases.find (raw) != _aliases.end ())
       {
-        for (auto& l : Lexer::split (_aliases[raw]))
-        {
-          A2 a (l, Lexer::Type::word);
-          reconstructed.push_back (a);
-        }
+        std::string lexeme;
+        Lexer::Type type;
+        Lexer lex (_aliases[raw]);
+        while (lex.token (lexeme, type))
+          reconstructed.push_back (A2 (lexeme, type));
 
         action = true;
         changes = true;
@@ -884,8 +884,11 @@ void CLI2::aliasExpansion ()
       }
       else if (_aliases.find (i) != _aliases.end ())
       {
-        for (auto& l : Lexer::split (_aliases[i]))
-          reconstructedOriginals.push_back (l);
+        std::string lexeme;
+        Lexer::Type type;
+        Lexer lex (_aliases[i]);
+        while (lex.token (lexeme, type))
+          reconstructedOriginals.push_back (lexeme);
 
         action = true;
         changes = true;
diff --git a/src/Lexer.cpp b/src/Lexer.cpp
index 7212d369c..4ed409292 100644
--- a/src/Lexer.cpp
+++ b/src/Lexer.cpp
@@ -1115,7 +1115,7 @@ bool Lexer::isDOM (std::string& token, Lexer::Type& type)
   std::size_t checkpoint = _cursor;
 
   // [prefix]tags.<word>
-  if (isLiteral ("tags", true,  false) &&
+  if (isLiteral ("tags", false, false) &&
       isLiteral (".",    false, false) &&
       isWord    (partialToken, partialType))
   {
@@ -1127,7 +1127,7 @@ bool Lexer::isDOM (std::string& token, Lexer::Type& type)
     _cursor = checkpoint;
 
   // [prefix]attribute
-  if (isOneOf (attributes, true, true))
+  if (isOneOf (attributes, false, true))
   {
     token = _text.substr (marker, _cursor - marker);
     type = Lexer::Type::dom;
@@ -1135,7 +1135,7 @@ bool Lexer::isDOM (std::string& token, Lexer::Type& type)
   }
 
   // [prefix]attribute.
-  if (isOneOf (attributes, true, false))
+  if (isOneOf (attributes, false, false))
   {
     if (isLiteral (".", false, false))
     {
@@ -1146,7 +1146,7 @@ bool Lexer::isDOM (std::string& token, Lexer::Type& type)
           isOneOf ({"year", "month", "day",
                     "week", "weekday",
                     "julian",
-                    "hour", "minute", "second"}, true, true))
+                    "hour", "minute", "second"}, false, true))
       {
         token = _text.substr (marker, _cursor - marker);
         type = Lexer::Type::dom;
@@ -1171,24 +1171,24 @@ bool Lexer::isDOM (std::string& token, Lexer::Type& type)
     {
       if (isLiteral (".", false, false))
       {
-        if (isLiteral ("description", true, true))
+        if (isLiteral ("description", false, true))
         {
           token = _text.substr (marker, _cursor - marker);
           type = Lexer::Type::dom;
           return true;
         }
-        else if (isLiteral ("entry", true, true))
+        else if (isLiteral ("entry", false, true))
         {
           token = _text.substr (marker, _cursor - marker);
           type = Lexer::Type::dom;
           return true;
         }
-        else if (isLiteral ("entry", true,  false) &&
+        else if (isLiteral ("entry", false,  false) &&
                  isLiteral (".",     false, false) &&
                  isOneOf ({"year", "month", "day",
                            "week", "weekday",
                            "julian",
-                           "hour", "minute", "second"}, true, true))
+                           "hour", "minute", "second"}, false, true))
         {
           token = _text.substr (marker, _cursor - marker);
           type = Lexer::Type::dom;
diff --git a/test/alias.t b/test/alias.t
index 34c9fdb42..98039f3ef 100755
--- a/test/alias.t
+++ b/test/alias.t
@@ -142,6 +142,20 @@ class TestAliasesCommand(TestCase):
         code, out, err = self.t("_aliases")
         self.assertIn("foo", out)
 
+class TestBug1652(TestCase):
+    def setUp(self):
+        """Executed before each test in the class"""
+        self.t = Task()
+        self.t("add one")
+
+    def test_odd_alias(self):
+        """Verify that 'delete' is not lexed further"""
+        self.t.config("alias.rm", "delete")
+        self.t.config("confirmation", "off")
+        code, out, err = self.t("1 rm")
+        self.assertIn("Deleted 1 task.", out)
+        self.assertNotIn("No matches.", out)
+
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     from simpletap import TAPTestRunner