diff --git a/src/CRM/CivixBundle/Application.php b/src/CRM/CivixBundle/Application.php
index 3adf9436..194846c2 100644
--- a/src/CRM/CivixBundle/Application.php
+++ b/src/CRM/CivixBundle/Application.php
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ public function createCommands($context = 'default') {
     $commands[] = new Command\UpgradeCommand();
     $commands[] = new Command\InfoGetCommand();
     $commands[] = new Command\InfoSetCommand();
+    $commands[] = new Command\InspectFunctionCommand();
     return $commands;
   }
 
diff --git a/src/CRM/CivixBundle/Command/InspectFunctionCommand.php b/src/CRM/CivixBundle/Command/InspectFunctionCommand.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..511b58fc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/CRM/CivixBundle/Command/InspectFunctionCommand.php
@@ -0,0 +1,144 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace CRM\CivixBundle\Command;
+
+use Civix;
+use CRM\CivixBundle\Parse\PrimitiveFunctionVisitor;
+use Symfony\Component\Console\Input\InputArgument;
+use Symfony\Component\Console\Input\InputInterface;
+use Symfony\Component\Console\Input\InputOption;
+use Symfony\Component\Console\Output\OutputInterface;
+
+class InspectFunctionCommand extends AbstractCommand {
+
+  protected function configure() {
+    parent::configure();
+    $this
+      ->setName('inspect:fun')
+      ->setDescription('Search codebase for functions')
+      ->addOption('name', NULL, InputOption::VALUE_REQUIRED, 'Pattern describing the function-names you wnt to see')
+      ->addOption('body', NULL, InputOption::VALUE_REQUIRED, 'Pattern describing function bodies that you want to see')
+      ->addOption('files-with-matches', 'l', InputOption::VALUE_NONE, 'Print only file names')
+      ->addArgument('files', InputArgument::REQUIRED | InputArgument::IS_ARRAY, 'List of files')
+      ->setHelp('Search PHP functions
+
+Example: Find all functions named like "_civicrm_permission"
+  civix inspect:fun --name=/_civicrm_permission/ *.php
+
+Example: Find all functions which call civicrm_api3()
+  civix inspect:fun --body=/civicrm_api3/ *.php
+
+Example: Find all functions named like "_civicrm_permission" AND having a body with "label"
+  civix inspect:fun --name=/_civicrm_permission/ --body=/label/ *.php
+');
+  }
+
+  protected function execute(InputInterface $input, OutputInterface $output): int {
+    $functionNamePattern = $input->getOption('name');
+    if ($functionNamePattern) {
+      $this->assertRegex($functionNamePattern, '--name');
+    }
+    $bodyPattern = $input->getOption('body');
+    if ($bodyPattern) {
+      $this->assertRegex($bodyPattern, '--body');
+    }
+    $printer = [$this, 'printMatch'];
+    if ($input->getOption('files-with-matches')) {
+      $printer = [$this, 'printFileName'];
+    }
+
+    foreach ($input->getArgument('files') as $file) {
+      if ($output->isVeryVerbose()) {
+        $output->writeln("## SCAN FILE: $file");
+      }
+
+      $fileContent = file_get_contents($file);
+      PrimitiveFunctionVisitor::visit($fileContent, function (?string &$functionName, string &$signature, string &$body) use ($bodyPattern, $functionNamePattern, $file, $input, $printer) {
+        if ($functionNamePattern && !preg_match($functionNamePattern, $functionName)) {
+          return;
+        }
+        if ($bodyPattern && !preg_match($bodyPattern, $body)) {
+          return;
+        }
+
+        $printer($file, $functionName, $signature, $body, $bodyPattern);
+      });
+    }
+
+    return 0;
+  }
+
+  protected function printFileName($file, ?string $functionName, string $signature, string $code, $codePattern) {
+    Civix::output()->writeln($file, OutputInterface::OUTPUT_RAW);
+  }
+
+  protected function printMatch($file, ?string $functionName, string $signature, string $body, $bodyPattern): void {
+    Civix::output()->writeln(sprintf("## FILE: %s", $file));
+    Civix::output()->write(sprintf("<comment>function <info>%s</info>(%s)</comment> {", $functionName, $signature));
+    if (!$bodyPattern) {
+      Civix::output()->write($body, FALSE, OutputInterface::OUTPUT_RAW);
+    }
+    else {
+      $hiParts = $this->splitHighlights($body, $bodyPattern);
+      foreach ($hiParts as $part) {
+        Civix::output()->write($part[0], FALSE, $part[1]);
+      }
+    }
+    Civix::output()->write("}\n\n");
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Split a block of $code into highlighted and non-highlighted sections.
+   *
+   * @param string $code
+   *   The code to search/highlight
+   * @param string $hi
+   *   Regex identifying the expressions to highlight
+   * @return array
+   */
+  protected function splitHighlights(string $code, $hi): array {
+    $buf = $code;
+    $delimQuot = preg_quote($hi[0], ';');
+    if (preg_match(';' . $delimQuot . '([a-zA-Z]+)$;', $hi, $m)) {
+      $modifiers = $m[1];
+      $hi = substr($hi, 0, -1 * strlen($modifiers));
+    }
+    else {
+      $modifiers = '';
+    }
+
+    $hiPat = $hi[0] . '^(.*)(' . substr($hi, 1, -1) . ')' . $hi[0] . 'msU' . $modifiers;
+    $hiParts = [];
+    while (!empty($buf)) {
+      if (preg_match($hiPat, $buf, $matches)) {
+        $hiParts[] = [$matches[1], OutputInterface::OUTPUT_RAW];
+        $hiParts[] = ['<info>' . $matches[2] . '</info>', OutputInterface::OUTPUT_NORMAL];
+        $buf = substr($buf, strlen($matches[0]));
+      }
+      else {
+        $hiParts[] = [$buf, OutputInterface::OUTPUT_RAW];
+        $buf = NULL;
+      }
+    }
+    return $hiParts;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Assert that $regex is a plausible-looking regular expression.
+   *
+   * @param string $regex
+   * @param string $regexOption
+   */
+  protected function assertRegex(string $regex, string $regexOption): void {
+    $delim = $regex[0];
+    $delimQuote = preg_quote($delim, ';');
+    $allowDelim = '/|:;,.#';
+    if (strpos($allowDelim, $delim) === FALSE) {
+      throw new \Exception("Option \"$regexOption\" should have a symbolic delimiter, such as: $allowDelim");
+    }
+    if (!preg_match(';^' . $delimQuote . '.*' . $delimQuote . '[a-zA-Z]*$;', $regex)) {
+      throw new \Exception("Option \"$regexOption\" should be well-formed");
+    }
+  }
+
+}