diff --git a/bash-abbr b/bash-abbr
index c4df275..7791ace 100644
--- a/bash-abbr
+++ b/bash-abbr
@@ -212,6 +212,13 @@ _try_abbrev_internal () {
     declare -r point line_until_point=${line::point}
 
     if
+        # Check if the self-insertion character is a shell metacharacter, except tab and newline (we don't want
+        # interactive alias expansion on tab and newline is represented as the empty self-insertion character)
+        case "$self_insertion" in
+            (["${_bash_meta_chars_without_tab_and_nl[*]}"]|'') ;;
+            (*) false
+        esac &&
+
         # Check if the character at point is a shell metacharacter or EOL
         # [[ $point -eq ${#line} || "${line:point:1}" = ["${_bash_meta_chars[*]}"] ]] &&
         # NOTE: Above line commented out, it's actually not that useful.