diff --git a/src/command_line/search/basic_search_count.rs b/src/command_line/search/basic_search_count.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1e6dd09
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/command_line/search/basic_search_count.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+use crate::command_line::prelude::*;
+use crate::search::basic_search::basic_search_count;
+
+pub const NAME: &str = "basic-search-count";
+
+pub fn command() -> Command {
+    Command::new(NAME)
+        .arg(
+            Arg::new("index")
+                .required(true)
+                .long("index")
+                .short('i')
+                .num_args(1),
+        )
+        .arg(
+            Arg::new("query")
+                .required(true)
+                .long("query")
+                .short('q')
+                .num_args(1),
+        )
+}
+
+pub fn action(matches: &ArgMatches) -> eyre::Result<()> {
+    let index_path = matches
+        .get_one::<String>("index")
+        .ok_or(eyre::eyre!("Failed to extract index path"))?;
+    let query = matches
+        .get_one::<String>("query")
+        .ok_or(eyre::eyre!("Failed to extract query"))?;
+
+    let index = open_index(index_path)?;
+    let reader = index.reader()?;
+    let searcher = reader.searcher();
+    let result_count = basic_search_count(&searcher, query)?;
+
+    log::info!("{:#?}", result_count);
+
+    Ok(())
+}
diff --git a/src/command_line/search/mod.rs b/src/command_line/search/mod.rs
index dbfbc6a..add6c99 100644
--- a/src/command_line/search/mod.rs
+++ b/src/command_line/search/mod.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 pub mod basic_search;
+pub mod basic_search_count;
 pub mod cli_structure_search;
 pub mod identity_search;
 pub mod similarity_search;
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index f728d27..3d10a3f 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ async fn main() -> eyre::Result<()> {
         .subcommand(command_line::pubchem::fetch_pubchem::command())
         .subcommand(command_line::pubchem::stream_pubchem_sdf::command())
         .subcommand(command_line::search::basic_search::command())
+        .subcommand(command_line::search::basic_search_count::command())
         .subcommand(command_line::search::substructure_search::command())
         .subcommand(command_line::search::superstructure_search::command())
         .subcommand(command_line::search::similarity_search::command())
@@ -59,6 +60,9 @@ async fn main() -> eyre::Result<()> {
         (command_line::search::basic_search::NAME, matches) => {
             command_line::search::basic_search::action(matches)
         }
+        (command_line::search::basic_search_count::NAME, matches) => {
+            command_line::search::basic_search_count::action(matches)
+        }
         (command_line::search::substructure_search::NAME, matches) => {
             command_line::search::substructure_search::action(matches)
         }
diff --git a/src/search/basic_search.rs b/src/search/basic_search.rs
index ca72ca3..da42732 100644
--- a/src/search/basic_search.rs
+++ b/src/search/basic_search.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 use crate::search::sort_docs;
 use rayon::prelude::*;
-use tantivy::{collector::TopDocs, query::QueryParser, DocAddress, Searcher};
+use tantivy::collector::{Count, TopDocs};
+use tantivy::{query::QueryParser, DocAddress, Searcher};
 
 #[allow(clippy::ptr_arg)]
 pub fn basic_search(
@@ -20,3 +21,13 @@ pub fn basic_search(
     sort_docs(&mut final_results);
     Ok(final_results)
 }
+
+#[allow(clippy::ptr_arg)]
+pub fn basic_search_count(searcher: &Searcher, query: &String) -> eyre::Result<usize> {
+    let index = searcher.index();
+    let query_parser = QueryParser::for_index(index, vec![]);
+    let query = query_parser.parse_query(query)?;
+    let result_count = searcher.search(&query, &Count)?;
+
+    Ok(result_count)
+}