New signing Ryan Mendes netted the opening goal of the game on 23 minutes although Nottingham Forest, dangerous throughout on the counter-attack, came so close to doubling their lead with just over 10 minutes remaining when substitute Chris Burke hit the post with Chris O'Grady's follow up effort being cleared off the line.
That near-miss became a double disappointment when Wigan Athletic loanee Emyr Huws continued his goalscoring form since joining Huddersfield, albeit with the aid of a deflection, to level things up on 84 minutes.
The Reds had looked relatively comfortable up to that point despite the hosts forcing a succession of corners in the second half and manager Dougie Freedman will take heart from another very good away performance and point to the fact that only an unlucky long-range goal prevented his side from making it three consecutive victories on the road.
Freedman had made three changes for the match, Jack Hobbs replacing hamstring victim Matt Mills with Michael Mancienne and Jamie Ward in for Ben Osborn and Nelson Oliveira.