A medical imaging system is operated corresponding to a measurement sequence to acquire data of an examination subject. A control device associates a reference to the measurement sequence with the acquired data and stores the acquired data including the associated reference. The control device determines an image of the examination subject using the acquired data and outputs the determined image to an operator of the medical imaging system via a viewing device. When a corresponding activation command is provided to it by the operator, the control device automatically determines the corresponding measurement sequence using the reference associated with the displayed image, and automatically associates a reference to at least one image corresponding with the displayed image with the measurement sequence. The control device provides the measurement sequence (S) for search purposes upon retrieval of the measurement sequence, the control device also automatically retrieves the images associated with the retrieved measurement sequence as well.