diff --git a/dist/index.js b/dist/index.js
index 4af6cb01..20b64c1e 100644
--- a/dist/index.js
+++ b/dist/index.js
@@ -8191,7 +8191,7 @@ __nccwpck_require__.r(__webpack_exports__);
 /* harmony import */ var _bot__WEBPACK_IMPORTED_MODULE_1__ = __nccwpck_require__(2394);
 /* harmony import */ var _options__WEBPACK_IMPORTED_MODULE_2__ = __nccwpck_require__(1846);
 /* harmony import */ var _prompts__WEBPACK_IMPORTED_MODULE_5__ = __nccwpck_require__(4272);
-/* harmony import */ var _review__WEBPACK_IMPORTED_MODULE_3__ = __nccwpck_require__(2612);
+/* harmony import */ var _review__WEBPACK_IMPORTED_MODULE_3__ = __nccwpck_require__(2033);
 /* harmony import */ var _review_comment__WEBPACK_IMPORTED_MODULE_4__ = __nccwpck_require__(5947);
 
 
@@ -10672,7 +10672,7 @@ const handleReviewComment = async (reviewBot, options, prompts) => {
 
 /***/ }),
 
-/***/ 2612:
+/***/ 2033:
 /***/ ((__unused_webpack_module, __webpack_exports__, __nccwpck_require__) => {
 
 "use strict";
@@ -10833,6 +10833,12 @@ var lib_inputs = __nccwpck_require__(6180);
 var octokit = __nccwpck_require__(3258);
 // EXTERNAL MODULE: ./lib/tokenizer.js
 var tokenizer = __nccwpck_require__(652);
+// EXTERNAL MODULE: ./node_modules/@vscode/ripgrep/lib/index.js
+var lib = __nccwpck_require__(5455);
+;// CONCATENATED MODULE: external "child_process"
+const external_child_process_namespaceObject = require("child_process");
+// EXTERNAL MODULE: external "util"
+var external_util_ = __nccwpck_require__(3837);
 ;// CONCATENATED MODULE: ./lib/review.js
 
 // eslint-disable-next-line camelcase
@@ -10842,9 +10848,13 @@ var tokenizer = __nccwpck_require__(652);
 
 
 
+
+
+
 // eslint-disable-next-line camelcase
 const context = github.context;
 const repo = context.repo;
+const execFileAsync = (0,external_util_.promisify)(external_child_process_namespaceObject.execFile);
 const ignoreKeyword = '@erag: ignore';
 async function codeReview(reviewBot, options, prompts) {
     const commenter = new lib_commenter/* Commenter */.Es();
@@ -11078,6 +11088,7 @@ ${summariesFailed.length > 0
                 (0,core.info)(`patches: ${patches}`);
                 (0,core.info)(`symbols: ${symbols}`);
             }
+            await searchSymbols(symbols);
             // make a copy of inputs
             const ins = inputs.clone();
             ins.filename = filename;
@@ -11239,6 +11250,30 @@ ${reviewsSkipped.length > 0
     // post the final summary comment
     await commenter.comment(`${summarizeComment}`, lib_commenter/* SUMMARIZE_TAG */.Rp, 'replace');
 }
+async function searchSymbols(symbols) {
+    const searchResults = {};
+    for (const symbol of symbols) {
+        try {
+            // Execute ripgrep to search for the symbol in the current directory
+            const { stdout } = await execFileAsync(lib/* rgPath */.$, [symbol, '-n', '-w']);
+            (0,core.info)(`stdout for search symbol ${symbol}: \n\n${stdout}\n\n`);
+            const lines = stdout.split('\n').filter(line => line.trim() !== '');
+            searchResults[symbol] = lines.map(line => {
+                const [file, lineNumber, ...matchParts] = line.split(':');
+                return {
+                    file,
+                    line: parseInt(lineNumber, 10),
+                    match: matchParts.join(':').trim()
+                };
+            });
+        }
+        catch (err) {
+            (0,core.warning)(`Error searching for symbol ${symbol}: ${err.message}`);
+        }
+    }
+    (0,core.info)(`\n\nsearchResults: ${JSON.stringify(searchResults, null, 2)}\n\n`);
+    return searchResults;
+}
 async function determineHighestReviewedCommitId(existingCommitIdsBlock, pullRequest, commenter) {
     const allCommitIds = await commenter.getAllCommitIds();
     let highestReviewedCommitId = '';
@@ -28231,6 +28266,18 @@ module.exports.implForWrapper = function (wrapper) {
 
 
 
+/***/ }),
+
+/***/ 5455:
+/***/ ((module, __unused_webpack_exports, __nccwpck_require__) => {
+
+"use strict";
+
+
+const path = __nccwpck_require__(1017);
+
+module.exports.$ = path.join(__dirname, `../bin/rg${process.platform === 'win32' ? '.exe' : ''}`);
+
 /***/ }),
 
 /***/ 4812:
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index a4423914..b82cc8c3 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 {
-  "name": "openai-pr-reviewer",
+  "name": "erag-reviewer",
   "version": "0.0.0",
   "lockfileVersion": 3,
   "requires": true,
   "packages": {
     "": {
-      "name": "openai-pr-reviewer",
+      "name": "erag-reviewer",
       "version": "0.0.0",
       "license": "MIT",
       "dependencies": {
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
         "@octokit/action": "^6.0.4",
         "@octokit/plugin-retry": "^4.1.3",
         "@octokit/plugin-throttling": "^6.1.0",
+        "@vscode/ripgrep": "^1.15.9",
         "axios": "^1.7.2",
         "minimatch": "^9.0.1",
         "node-fetch": "^3.3.1",
@@ -2495,6 +2496,40 @@
         "ncc": "dist/ncc/cli.js"
       }
     },
+    "node_modules/@vscode/ripgrep": {
+      "version": "1.15.9",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@vscode/ripgrep/-/ripgrep-1.15.9.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-4q2PXRvUvr3bF+LsfrifmUZgSPmCNcUZo6SbEAZgArIChchkezaxLoIeQMJe/z3CCKStvaVKpBXLxN3Z8lQjFQ==",
+      "hasInstallScript": true,
+      "dependencies": {
+        "https-proxy-agent": "^7.0.2",
+        "proxy-from-env": "^1.1.0",
+        "yauzl": "^2.9.2"
+      }
+    },
+    "node_modules/@vscode/ripgrep/node_modules/agent-base": {
+      "version": "7.1.1",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/agent-base/-/agent-base-7.1.1.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-H0TSyFNDMomMNJQBn8wFV5YC/2eJ+VXECwOadZJT554xP6cODZHPX3H9QMQECxvrgiSOP1pHjy1sMWQVYJOUOA==",
+      "dependencies": {
+        "debug": "^4.3.4"
+      },
+      "engines": {
+        "node": ">= 14"
+      }
+    },
+    "node_modules/@vscode/ripgrep/node_modules/https-proxy-agent": {
+      "version": "7.0.5",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/https-proxy-agent/-/https-proxy-agent-7.0.5.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-1e4Wqeblerz+tMKPIq2EMGiiWW1dIjZOksyHWSUm1rmuvw/how9hBHZ38lAGj5ID4Ik6EdkOw7NmWPy6LAwalw==",
+      "dependencies": {
+        "agent-base": "^7.0.2",
+        "debug": "4"
+      },
+      "engines": {
+        "node": ">= 14"
+      }
+    },
     "node_modules/abab": {
       "version": "2.0.6",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/abab/-/abab-2.0.6.tgz",
@@ -2992,6 +3027,14 @@
         "node-int64": "^0.4.0"
       }
     },
+    "node_modules/buffer-crc32": {
+      "version": "0.2.13",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/buffer-crc32/-/buffer-crc32-0.2.13.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-VO9Ht/+p3SN7SKWqcrgEzjGbRSJYTx+Q1pTQC0wrWqHx0vpJraQ6GtHx8tvcg1rlK1byhU5gccxgOgj7B0TDkQ==",
+      "engines": {
+        "node": "*"
+      }
+    },
     "node_modules/buffer-from": {
       "version": "1.1.2",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/buffer-from/-/buffer-from-1.1.2.tgz",
@@ -4481,6 +4524,14 @@
         "bser": "2.1.1"
       }
     },
+    "node_modules/fd-slicer": {
+      "version": "1.1.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/fd-slicer/-/fd-slicer-1.1.0.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-cE1qsB/VwyQozZ+q1dGxR8LBYNZeofhEdUNGSMbQD3Gw2lAzX9Zb3uIU6Ebc/Fmyjo9AWWfnn0AUCHqtevs/8g==",
+      "dependencies": {
+        "pend": "~1.2.0"
+      }
+    },
     "node_modules/fetch-blob": {
       "version": "3.2.0",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/fetch-blob/-/fetch-blob-3.2.0.tgz",
@@ -8680,6 +8731,11 @@
         "node": ">=8"
       }
     },
+    "node_modules/pend": {
+      "version": "1.2.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/pend/-/pend-1.2.0.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-F3asv42UuXchdzt+xXqfW1OGlVBe+mxa2mqI0pg5yAHZPvFmY3Y6drSf/GQ1A86WgWEN9Kzh/WrgKa6iGcHXLg=="
+    },
     "node_modules/picocolors": {
       "version": "1.0.0",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/picocolors/-/picocolors-1.0.0.tgz",
@@ -10100,6 +10156,15 @@
         "node": ">=10"
       }
     },
+    "node_modules/yauzl": {
+      "version": "2.10.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/yauzl/-/yauzl-2.10.0.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-p4a9I6X6nu6IhoGmBqAcbJy1mlC4j27vEPZX9F4L4/vZT3Lyq1VkFHw/V/PUcB9Buo+DG3iHkT0x3Qya58zc3g==",
+      "dependencies": {
+        "buffer-crc32": "~0.2.3",
+        "fd-slicer": "~1.1.0"
+      }
+    },
     "node_modules/yocto-queue": {
       "version": "1.0.0",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/yocto-queue/-/yocto-queue-1.0.0.tgz",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index ac6e3718..ccd65534 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@
     "@octokit/action": "^6.0.4",
     "@octokit/plugin-retry": "^4.1.3",
     "@octokit/plugin-throttling": "^6.1.0",
+    "@vscode/ripgrep": "^1.15.9",
     "axios": "^1.7.2",
     "minimatch": "^9.0.1",
     "node-fetch": "^3.3.1",
diff --git a/src/review.ts b/src/review.ts
index c377234f..491f45cb 100644
--- a/src/review.ts
+++ b/src/review.ts
@@ -17,10 +17,14 @@ import {octokit} from './octokit'
 import {type Options} from './options'
 import {type Prompts} from './prompts'
 import {getTokenCount} from './tokenizer'
+import {rgPath} from '@vscode/ripgrep'
+import {execFile} from 'child_process'
+import {promisify} from 'util'
 
 // eslint-disable-next-line camelcase
 const context = github_context
 const repo = context.repo
+const execFileAsync = promisify(execFile)
 
 const ignoreKeyword = '@erag: ignore'
 
@@ -291,6 +295,9 @@ ${
         info(`patches: ${patches}`)
         info(`symbols: ${symbols}`)
       }
+
+      await searchSymbols(symbols)
+
       // make a copy of inputs
       const ins: Inputs = inputs.clone()
       ins.filename = filename
@@ -466,6 +473,40 @@ ${
   await commenter.comment(`${summarizeComment}`, SUMMARIZE_TAG, 'replace')
 }
 
+interface SearchResult {
+  file: string
+  line: number
+  match: string
+}
+
+async function searchSymbols(symbols: string[]): Promise<Record<string, SearchResult[]>> {
+  const searchResults: Record<string, SearchResult[]> = {}
+
+  for (const symbol of symbols) {
+    try {
+      // Execute ripgrep to search for the symbol in the current directory
+      const {stdout} = await execFileAsync(rgPath, [symbol, '-n', '-w'])
+      info(`stdout for search symbol ${symbol}: \n\n${stdout}\n\n`)
+      const lines = stdout.split('\n').filter(line => line.trim() !== '')
+
+      searchResults[symbol] = lines.map(line => {
+        const [file, lineNumber, ...matchParts] = line.split(':')
+        return {
+          file,
+          line: parseInt(lineNumber, 10),
+          match: matchParts.join(':').trim()
+        }
+      })
+    } catch (err: any) {
+      warning(`Error searching for symbol ${symbol}: ${err.message as string}`)
+    }
+  }
+
+  info(`\n\nsearchResults: ${JSON.stringify(searchResults, null, 2)}\n\n`)
+
+  return searchResults
+}
+
 async function determineHighestReviewedCommitId(existingCommitIdsBlock: string, pullRequest: any, commenter: Commenter) {
   const allCommitIds = await commenter.getAllCommitIds()
   let highestReviewedCommitId = ''