diff --git a/sphinxlint/checkers.py b/sphinxlint/checkers.py
index d64e7ef92..184469708 100644
--- a/sphinxlint/checkers.py
+++ b/sphinxlint/checkers.py
@@ -56,8 +56,7 @@ def check_missing_backtick_after_role(file, lines, options=None):
     for paragraph_lno, paragraph in paragraphs(lines):
         if paragraph.count("|") > 4:
             return  # we don't handle tables yet.
-        error = rst.ROLE_MISSING_CLOSING_BACKTICK_RE.search(paragraph)
-        if error:
+        for error in rst.ROLE_MISSING_CLOSING_BACKTICK_RE.finditer(paragraph):
             error_offset = paragraph[: error.start()].count("\n")
             yield (
                 paragraph_lno + error_offset,
@@ -126,8 +125,7 @@ def check_default_role(file, lines, options=None):
     for lno, line in enumerate(lines, start=1):
         line = clean_paragraph(line)
         line = escape2null(line)
-        match = rst.INTERPRETED_TEXT_RE.search(line)
-        if match:
+        for match in rst.INTERPRETED_TEXT_RE.finditer(line):
             before_match = line[: match.start()]
             after_match = line[match.end() :]
             stripped_line = line.strip()
@@ -201,8 +199,7 @@ def check_missing_space_after_role(file, lines, options=None):
     """
     for lno, line in enumerate(lines, start=1):
         line = clean_paragraph(line)
-        role = _SUSPICIOUS_ROLE.search(line)
-        if role:
+        for role in _SUSPICIOUS_ROLE.finditer(line):
             yield lno, f"role missing (escaped) space after role: {role.group(0)!r}"
 
 
@@ -214,8 +211,7 @@ def check_role_without_backticks(file, lines, options=None):
     Good: :func:`pdb.main`
     """
     for lno, line in enumerate(lines, start=1):
-        no_backticks = rst.ROLE_WITH_NO_BACKTICKS_RE.search(line)
-        if no_backticks:
+        for no_backticks in rst.ROLE_WITH_NO_BACKTICKS_RE.finditer(line):
             yield lno, f"role with no backticks: {no_backticks.group(0)!r}"
 
 
@@ -316,8 +312,7 @@ def check_missing_space_before_role(file, lines, options=None):
         if paragraph.count("|") > 4:
             return  # we don't handle tables yet.
         paragraph = clean_paragraph(paragraph)
-        match = rst.ROLE_GLUED_WITH_WORD_RE.search(paragraph)
-        if match:
+        for match in rst.ROLE_GLUED_WITH_WORD_RE.finditer(paragraph):
             error_offset = paragraph[: match.start()].count("\n")
             if looks_like_glued(match):
                 yield (
@@ -386,8 +381,7 @@ def check_missing_colon_in_role(file, lines, options=None):
     Good: :issue:`123`
     """
     for lno, line in enumerate(lines, start=1):
-        match = rst.ROLE_MISSING_RIGHT_COLON_RE.search(line)
-        if match:
+        for match in rst.ROLE_MISSING_RIGHT_COLON_RE.finditer(line):
             yield lno, f"role missing colon before first backtick ({match.group(0)})."
 
 
@@ -471,8 +465,7 @@ def check_triple_backticks(file, lines, options=None):
     syntax, but it's really uncommon.
     """
     for lno, line in enumerate(lines):
-        match = rst.TRIPLE_BACKTICKS_RE.search(line)
-        if match:
+        for match in rst.TRIPLE_BACKTICKS_RE.finditer(line):
             yield lno + 1, "There's no rst syntax using triple backticks"
 
 
@@ -523,5 +516,5 @@ def check_unnecessary_parentheses(filename, lines, options):
     Good: :func:`test`
     """
     for lno, line in enumerate(lines, start=1):
-        if match := rst.ROLE_WITH_UNNECESSARY_PARENTHESES_RE.search(line):
+        for match in rst.ROLE_WITH_UNNECESSARY_PARENTHESES_RE.finditer(line):
             yield lno, f"Unnecessary parentheses in {match.group(0).strip()!r}"
diff --git a/tests/fixtures/paragraphs.rst b/tests/fixtures/paragraphs.rst
index a178f5f69..9ccb669ed 100644
--- a/tests/fixtures/paragraphs.rst
+++ b/tests/fixtures/paragraphs.rst
@@ -72,9 +72,10 @@ i.e. at :line:``70``!
 
 Note that the errors report the exact
 line, not the first line of the paragraph
-so for example an error like
-:foo`missing colon` will be reported
-at line 76 and not at line 73!
+so for example two errors like
+:foo`missing colon` and :blah`other`
+will both be reported at line 76
+and not at line 73!
 
 
 .. note:
diff --git a/tests/fixtures/xfail/default-role-in-tables.rst b/tests/fixtures/xfail/default-role-in-tables.rst
index d85631cdd..2c080208e 100644
--- a/tests/fixtures/xfail/default-role-in-tables.rst
+++ b/tests/fixtures/xfail/default-role-in-tables.rst
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 .. expect: default role used (hint: for inline literals, use double backticks) (default-role)
+.. expect: default role used (hint: for inline literals, use double backticks) (default-role)
 
 In the following table there are a couple of default roles that should fail:
 
diff --git a/tests/fixtures/xfail/default-role-separated-by-commas.rst b/tests/fixtures/xfail/default-role-separated-by-commas.rst
index 510c79b54..7263c55a0 100644
--- a/tests/fixtures/xfail/default-role-separated-by-commas.rst
+++ b/tests/fixtures/xfail/default-role-separated-by-commas.rst
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 .. expect: default role used (hint: for inline literals, use double backticks) (default-role)
+.. expect: default role used (hint: for inline literals, use double backticks) (default-role)
 
 This is not detected: `foo`, `bar`.
diff --git a/tests/test_sphinxlint.py b/tests/test_sphinxlint.py
index 4e68ed5a1..377b2e1bc 100644
--- a/tests/test_sphinxlint.py
+++ b/tests/test_sphinxlint.py
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ def test_line_no_in_error_msg(file, capsys):
     has_errors = main(["sphinxlint.py", file])
     out, err = capsys.readouterr()
     assert out == ""
-    assert "paragraphs.rst:76: role missing colon before" in err
+    assert err.count("paragraphs.rst:76: role missing colon before") == 2
     assert "paragraphs.rst:70: role use a single backtick" in err
     assert "paragraphs.rst:65: inline literal missing (escaped) space" in err
     assert has_errors