diff --git a/gui/include/Visualization/operations/FindVariableOperation.h b/gui/include/Visualization/operations/FindVariableOperation.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..afad39e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gui/include/Visualization/operations/FindVariableOperation.h
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+#ifndef SCIQLOP_FINDVARIABLEOPERATION_H
+#define SCIQLOP_FINDVARIABLEOPERATION_H
+
+#include "Visualization/IVisualizationWidgetVisitor.h"
+
+#include <Common/spimpl.h>
+
+#include <set>
+
+class IVisualizationWidget;
+class Variable;
+
+/**
+ * @brief The FindVariableOperation class defines an operation that traverses all of visualization
+ * widgets to determine which ones contain the variable passed as parameter. The result of the
+ * operation is the list of widgets that contain the variable.
+ */
+class FindVariableOperation : public IVisualizationWidgetVisitor {
+public:
+    /**
+     * Ctor
+     * @param variable the variable to find
+     */
+    explicit FindVariableOperation(std::shared_ptr<Variable> variable);
+
+    void visitEnter(VisualizationWidget *widget) override final;
+    void visitLeave(VisualizationWidget *widget) override final;
+    void visitEnter(VisualizationTabWidget *tabWidget) override final;
+    void visitLeave(VisualizationTabWidget *tabWidget) override final;
+    void visitEnter(VisualizationZoneWidget *zoneWidget) override final;
+    void visitLeave(VisualizationZoneWidget *zoneWidget) override final;
+    void visit(VisualizationGraphWidget *graphWidget) override final;
+
+    /// @return the widgets that contain the variable
+    std::set<IVisualizationWidget *> result() const noexcept;
+
+private:
+    class FindVariableOperationPrivate;
+    spimpl::unique_impl_ptr<FindVariableOperationPrivate> impl;
+};
+
+#endif // SCIQLOP_FINDVARIABLEOPERATION_H
diff --git a/gui/meson.build b/gui/meson.build
index a8ece56..903a518 100644
--- a/gui/meson.build
+++ b/gui/meson.build
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ gui_sources = [
   'src/Visualization/VisualizationZoneWidget.cpp',
   'src/Visualization/qcustomplot.cpp',
   'src/Visualization/QCustomPlotSynchronizer.cpp',
+  'src/Visualization/operations/FindVariableOperation.cpp',
   'src/Visualization/operations/GenerateVariableMenuOperation.cpp',
   'src/Visualization/operations/MenuBuilder.cpp',
   'src/Visualization/operations/RemoveVariableOperation.cpp',
diff --git a/gui/src/Visualization/operations/FindVariableOperation.cpp b/gui/src/Visualization/operations/FindVariableOperation.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..eeb4f69
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gui/src/Visualization/operations/FindVariableOperation.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,72 @@
+#include "Visualization/operations/FindVariableOperation.h"
+
+#include "Visualization/VisualizationGraphWidget.h"
+#include "Visualization/VisualizationTabWidget.h"
+#include "Visualization/VisualizationWidget.h"
+#include "Visualization/VisualizationZoneWidget.h"
+
+#include <Variable/Variable.h>
+
+struct FindVariableOperation::FindVariableOperationPrivate {
+    explicit FindVariableOperationPrivate(std::shared_ptr<Variable> variable) : m_Variable{variable}
+    {
+    }
+
+    void visit(IVisualizationWidget *widget)
+    {
+        if (m_Variable && widget && widget->contains(*m_Variable)) {
+            m_Containers.insert(widget);
+        }
+    }
+
+    std::shared_ptr<Variable> m_Variable;          ///< Variable to find
+    std::set<IVisualizationWidget *> m_Containers; ///< Containers found for the variable
+};
+
+FindVariableOperation::FindVariableOperation(std::shared_ptr<Variable> variable)
+        : impl{spimpl::make_unique_impl<FindVariableOperationPrivate>(variable)}
+{
+}
+
+void FindVariableOperation::visitEnter(VisualizationWidget *widget)
+{
+    impl->visit(widget);
+}
+
+void FindVariableOperation::visitLeave(VisualizationWidget *widget)
+{
+    // Does nothing
+    Q_UNUSED(widget);
+}
+
+void FindVariableOperation::visitEnter(VisualizationTabWidget *tabWidget)
+{
+    impl->visit(tabWidget);
+}
+
+void FindVariableOperation::visitLeave(VisualizationTabWidget *tabWidget)
+{
+    // Does nothing
+    Q_UNUSED(tabWidget);
+}
+
+void FindVariableOperation::visitEnter(VisualizationZoneWidget *zoneWidget)
+{
+    impl->visit(zoneWidget);
+}
+
+void FindVariableOperation::visitLeave(VisualizationZoneWidget *zoneWidget)
+{
+    // Does nothing
+    Q_UNUSED(zoneWidget);
+}
+
+void FindVariableOperation::visit(VisualizationGraphWidget *graphWidget)
+{
+    impl->visit(graphWidget);
+}
+
+std::set<IVisualizationWidget *> FindVariableOperation::result() const noexcept
+{
+    return impl->m_Containers;
+}