Re^2: Emacs shows xrefs in code but needs an interface that's good for humans

[educated_foo]

I've found this little gem makes occur quite a bit more useful:

(defun isearch-occur ()
  "Invoke `occur' from within isearch."
  (interactive)
  (let ((case-fold-search isearch-case-fold-search))
    (occur (if isearch-regexp isearch-string (regexp-quote isearch-str
+ing)))))

(define-key isearch-mode-map (kbd "C-o") 'isearch-occur)

Then you can isearch to the word you want, hit C-w to grab the rest of it, then C-o to get a list of occurrences.