diff --git a/tests/utils/file_pattern_search.py b/tests/utils/file_pattern_search.py
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+++ b/tests/utils/file_pattern_search.py
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+import argparse
+from pathlib import Path
+from rich.console import Console
+from rich.panel import Panel
+from rich.text import Text
+
+def check_search(file_content, search_term):
+    """Check if a search term exists in the file content and return matching lines with their line numbers."""
+    matched_lines = []
+    for line_number, line in enumerate(file_content.splitlines(), start=1):
+        if search_term in line:
+            matched_lines.append((line_number, line))
+    return matched_lines
+
+def generate_report(results):
+    """Generate a detailed report from the search results with colored output."""
+    report = []
+    report.append("Search Report")
+    report.append("=" * 40)
+    
+    return_status = 0
+    for term, (found, _) in results.items():
+        if found:
+            # Green [OK] message for matches
+            status = Text("[green][OK][/green]         Found: ")
+        else:
+            # Red [FAILED] message for mismatches
+            status = Text("[red][FAILED][/red] Not found: ")
+            return_status = -1
+        
+        # Add the search term to the status
+        report.append(Text.assemble(status, term))
+    
+    report.append("=" * 40)
+    
+    # Return the full report as a string
+    return "\n".join(str(line) for line in report), return_status
+
+def highlight_patterns(line, patterns):
+    """Highlight matched and unmatched patterns in the given line."""
+    line = f"[red]{line}[/red]"
+    for pattern in patterns:
+        if pattern in line:
+            line = line.replace(pattern, f"[green]{pattern}[/green]")
+    return line
+
+def main():
+    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description="Search for multiple patterns in a file and report results.")
+    parser.add_argument('file', type=Path, help="Path to the file to search")
+    parser.add_argument('patterns', nargs='+', help="Patterns to search for")
+    
+    args = parser.parse_args()
+
+    console = Console(force_terminal=True)
+
+    # Check if the file exists
+    if not args.file.is_file():
+        console.print(f"[red]Error: File '{args.file}' does not exist.[/red]")
+        return
+
+    # Read file content
+    with args.file.open('r') as file:
+        file_content = file.read()
+
+    # Perform the searches and collect unique matching lines
+    results = {}
+    matched_lines_set = set()  # To store unique matched lines
+    for pattern in args.patterns:
+        matched_lines = check_search(file_content, pattern)
+        results[pattern] = (bool(matched_lines), matched_lines)
+        matched_lines_set.update(matched_lines)  # Add to the set to avoid duplicates
+
+    # Generate and print the report
+    report, return_status = generate_report(results)
+    console.print(Panel(report, title="Pattern Search Results", expand=False))
+
+    # Print the final separator after the report
+    console.print("=" * 40)
+
+    # Print the unique matched lines, if any
+    if matched_lines_set:
+        for line_number, line in matched_lines_set:
+            highlighted_line = highlight_patterns(line, args.patterns)
+            # console.print(f"[yellow]{line_number}: {highlighted_line}[/yellow]")
+            console.print(Panel(f"[yellow]{line_number}: {highlighted_line}[/yellow]", title="Matched Lines", expand=False))
+    else:
+        console.print("[yellow]No matching lines found in the file.[/yellow]")
+
+    exit(return_status)
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    main()
+
diff --git a/tests/utils/test_utils.cmake b/tests/utils/test_utils.cmake
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+++ b/tests/utils/test_utils.cmake
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+function(add_test_makefile_rule_match_patterns TARGET)
+    if(ARGC LESS 2)
+        message(FATAL_ERROR "Provide search patterns as arguments to ${CMAKE_CURRENT_FUNCTION}")
+    endif()
+
+    set(SEARCH_PATTERNS "")
+    foreach(pattern ${ARGN})
+        set(SEARCH_PATTERNS "${SEARCH_PATTERNS} \"${pattern}\"")
+    endforeach()
+
+    include(CTest)
+    enable_testing()
+
+    get_target_property(BINARY_DIR ${TARGET} BINARY_DIR)
+
+    set(MAKEFILE ${BINARY_DIR}/CMakeFiles/${TARGET}.dir/build.make)
+    add_test(NAME ${TARGET}_makefile_validate
+        COMMAND sh -c "make -f ${MAKEFILE} ${TARGET} -n > ${BINARY_DIR}/${TARGET}_validate_commands.txt && \
+        python ${CMAKE_CURRENT_FUNCTION_LIST_DIR}/file_pattern_search.py ${BINARY_DIR}/${TARGET}_validate_commands.txt -- ${SEARCH_PATTERNS}"
+        WORKING_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}
+    )
+
+endfunction()