diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index eb9c291ee..7d76b4cab 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -249,3 +249,11 @@ show_scope:
 show_type:show_scope
 .PHONY: show_type
 
+# grep recursively, ignore binary files, print file line, print file name
+# exclude dot dirs, exclude pylintrc (would match the notes)
+# exclude notebooks (sometimes matches in svg text), match the notes in this directory
+todo:
+	@NOTES_ARGS=$$(poetry run python ./script/make_utils/get_pylintrc_notes.py \
+	--pylintrc-path pylintrc);\
+	grep -rInH --exclude-dir='.[^.]*' --exclude=pylintrc --exclude='*.ipynb' "$${NOTES_ARGS}" .
+.PHONY: todo
diff --git a/script/make_utils/get_pylintrc_notes.py b/script/make_utils/get_pylintrc_notes.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c108ca93b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/script/make_utils/get_pylintrc_notes.py
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+"""File to get pylintrc notes"""
+
+import argparse
+import configparser
+from pathlib import Path
+
+
+def main(args):
+    """Entry point"""
+
+    pylintrc_file_path = Path(args.pylintrc_path).resolve()
+    config = configparser.ConfigParser()
+    config.read(pylintrc_file_path)
+    notes = sorted(map(lambda x: x.strip(), config["MISCELLANEOUS"]["notes"].split(",")))
+    # Make sure we at least have todo in there without writing it otherwise we'll match
+    notes.append("TO" + "DO")
+    notes_for_grep_search = r"\|".join(notes)
+    print(notes_for_grep_search)
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser("Parse pylintrc notes", allow_abbrev=False)
+
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--pylintrc-path", type=str, required=True, help="Path to pylintrc ini config"
+    )
+
+    cli_args = parser.parse_args()
+
+    main(cli_args)