diff --git a/tools/search_privates.py b/tools/search_privates.py
index 207c6403e0..7c6b042c1a 100644
--- a/tools/search_privates.py
+++ b/tools/search_privates.py
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ def get_private_declare(content):
     
     priv_dec_str = ''.join(priv_srch_declared)
     
-    srch = re.compile('(?<![_a-zA-Z0-9])(_[a-zA-Z]*?)[ ,\}\]\)";]')
+    srch = re.compile('(?<![_a-zA-Z0-9])(_[a-zA-Z0-9]*?)[ ,\}\]\)";]')
     priv_split = srch.findall(priv_dec_str)
     priv_split = sorted(set(priv_split))
     priv_declared += priv_split;
@@ -27,12 +27,18 @@ def get_private_declare(content):
     
     priv_dec_str = ''.join(priv_srch_declared)
     
-    srch = re.compile('(?<![_a-zA-Z0-9])(_[a-zA-Z]*?)[ ,\}\]\)";]')
+    srch = re.compile('(?<![_a-zA-Z0-9])(_[a-zA-Z0-9]*?)[ ,\}\]\)";]')
     priv_split = srch.findall(priv_dec_str)
     priv_split = sorted(set(priv_split))
 
     priv_declared += priv_split;
     
+    srch = re.compile('(?i)[\s]*local[\s]+(_[\w\d]*)[\s]*=.*')
+    priv_local = srch.findall(content)
+    priv_local_declared = sorted(set(priv_local))
+
+    priv_declared += priv_local_declared;
+    
     
     return priv_declared
         
@@ -53,7 +59,7 @@ def check_privates(filepath):
         
         
         # Regex search privates
-        srch = re.compile('(?<![_a-zA-Z0-9])(_[a-zA-Z]*?)[ ,\^\-\+\/\*\%\}\]\)";]')
+        srch = re.compile('(?<![_a-zA-Z0-9])(_[a-zA-Z0-9]*?)[ =,\^\-\+\/\*\%\}\]\)";]')
         priv_use = srch.findall(content)
         priv_use = sorted(set(priv_use))