diff --git a/test/lint/lint-locale-dependence.sh b/test/lint/lint-locale-dependence.sh
--- a/test/lint/lint-locale-dependence.sh
+++ b/test/lint/lint-locale-dependence.sh
@@ -193,12 +193,12 @@
 
 # Invoke "git grep" only once in order to minimize run-time
 REGEXP_LOCALE_DEPENDENT_FUNCTIONS=$(join_array "|" "${LOCALE_DEPENDENT_FUNCTIONS[@]}")
-GIT_GREP_OUTPUT=$(git grep -E "[^a-zA-Z0-9_\`'\"<>](${REGEXP_LOCALE_DEPENDENT_FUNCTIONS}(_r|_s)?)[^a-zA-Z0-9_\`'\"<>]" -- ":/*.cpp" ":/*.h")
+GIT_GREP_OUTPUT=$(git grep -nE "[^a-zA-Z0-9_\`'\"<>](${REGEXP_LOCALE_DEPENDENT_FUNCTIONS}(_r|_s)?)[^a-zA-Z0-9_\`'\"<>]" -- ":/*.cpp" ":/*.h")
 
 EXIT_CODE=0
 for LOCALE_DEPENDENT_FUNCTION in "${LOCALE_DEPENDENT_FUNCTIONS[@]}"; do
     MATCHES=$(grep -E "[^a-zA-Z0-9_\`'\"<>]${LOCALE_DEPENDENT_FUNCTION}(_r|_s)?[^a-zA-Z0-9_\`'\"<>]" <<< "${GIT_GREP_OUTPUT}" | \
-        grep -vE "\.(c|cpp|h):\s*(//|\*|/\*|\").*${LOCALE_DEPENDENT_FUNCTION}")
+        grep -vE "\.(c|cpp|h):[0-9]+:\s*(//|\*|/\*|\").*${LOCALE_DEPENDENT_FUNCTION}")
     if [[ ${REGEXP_IGNORE_EXTERNAL_DEPENDENCIES} != "" ]]; then
         MATCHES=$(grep -vE "${REGEXP_IGNORE_EXTERNAL_DEPENDENCIES}" <<< "${MATCHES}")
     fi