How use the "labels" field in a JQL query? - Atlassian Community Feb 18, 2020 · Using labels != ComponentReview will return issues that have one or more labels, none of which are ComponentReview; it will not return issues that have no labels. Try the following to include those as well: project = XYZ AND component = "XYZ" AND (summary ~ XYZ OR summary ~ XYZ) AND (labels is empty or labels != ComponentReview)