diff --git a/.github/workflows/check-files.yml b/.github/workflows/check-files.yml
index 9a71754d8..219e3dbfe 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/check-files.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/check-files.yml
@@ -32,23 +32,23 @@ jobs:
           git fetch --no-tags --depth=1 origin master
           git switch master
 
-      - name: Run check-files.sh
+      - name: Run check_files.py
         run: |
           # Disable color output
           export NO_COLOR=true
 
           # Run the test
-          bin/delta.sh -a master -b pr -- ./bin/check-files.sh
+          bin/delta.sh -a master -b pr -- ./bin/check_files.py
 
           # Prepare summary
           WARNING_COUNT=$(wc -l < _new-warn.log)
           if [ "$WARNING_COUNT" -gt "0" ]; then
-            echo "New unreachable files found with check-files.sh:"
+            echo "New unreachable files found with check_files.py:"
             echo '```text'
             cat _new-warn.log
             echo '```'
           else
-            echo "No new unreachable files found with check-files.sh"
+            echo "No new unreachable files found with check_files.py"
           fi >> "$GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY"
 
           # Prepare the artifacts
diff --git a/bin/check-files.sh b/bin/check-files.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index 2832c4e13..000000000
--- a/bin/check-files.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-
-# A script to check for, and list, files that exist in the source directory that
-# meet both of the following conditions:
-# 
-# 	1. Are not rst files.
-# 	2. Are not referenced by any other files in the source directory.
-
-find "source/" ! -name '*.rst' ! -name 'version.txt' -type f -print0 |
-	while IFS= read -r -d '' file_name; do
-		if ! rg -q -i "$(basename "$file_name")" "source/"; then
-			echo "$file_name"
-		fi
-	done
diff --git a/bin/check_files.py b/bin/check_files.py
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..5884cf1d1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bin/check_files.py
@@ -0,0 +1,82 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+
+"""Tool to check that all files are being used
+
+SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
+Copyright (C) 2025 Texas Instruments Incorporated - https://www.ti.com
+"""
+
+import logging
+import re
+from pathlib import Path
+
+logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
+SOURCE_PATH = Path("source/")
+RST_SOURCE = set(SOURCE_PATH.glob("**/*.rst"))
+IGNORED = re.compile(r"([^_].*\.rst)|(version\.txt)")
+
+
+def get_names(base):
+    """Get a set of file names to check for, ignoring anything in that matches the IGNORED regex.
+
+    :param base: Pathlib path to directory to search
+    :return: Set of string path names
+    """
+    files_to_check = set()
+    for file in base.glob("**/*"):
+        if file.is_dir():
+            continue
+
+        name = file.name
+        if IGNORED.match(name):
+            logger.debug("Ignored: %s", name)
+            continue
+
+        files_to_check.add(name)
+    return files_to_check
+
+
+def check_file(string, file):
+    """Check to see if the given string appears in the file.
+
+    :param string: String to look up
+    :param file: Pathlib path to file
+    :return: Boolean based on presence of string
+    """
+    pattern = re.compile(re.escape(string))
+    text = file.read_text(encoding="utf-8")
+    for _ in pattern.finditer(text):
+        return True
+    return False
+
+
+def check_all(string):
+    """Use an scan for any matches in RST_SOURCE files. Do not look for matches in the file itself.
+    That last bit is particularly relevant for RST files that exist to be included in other files.
+
+    :param string: String to look up
+    :return: Boolean based on presence of string in any other files
+    """
+    for file in RST_SOURCE:
+        if file == string:
+            continue
+
+        if check_file(string, file):
+            return True
+    return False
+
+
+def main():
+    """Main CLI entrypoint"""
+    logging.basicConfig(level=logging.INFO)
+
+    files_to_check = get_names(SOURCE_PATH)
+    for filename in files_to_check:
+        if check_all(filename):
+            continue
+        logging.info("File not used: %s", filename)
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    main()