How to find all static constructors?

I think using reflection is fastest way to achieve it. You can add new project to solution and write small piece of code (perhaps save constructor names to text file):

public static IEnumerable<ConstructorInfo> GetAllStaticConstructorsInSolution() { var assemblies = AppDomain.CurrentDomain.GetAssemblies(); return assemblies.SelectMany(assembly => assembly.DefinedTypes .Where(type => type.DeclaredConstructors.Any(constructorInfo => constructorInfo.IsStatic)) .SelectMany(x => x.GetConstructors(BindingFlags.Static))) .Distinct(); } 

Above Linq query should work although I haven't tested it.

You could try using reflection over the built assemblies rather than searching the source code: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/h70wxday(v=vs.110).aspx This might be faster/easier than grepping the text.

You could also look at tools like NDepend: http://www.ndepend.com/ It will actually let you write linq queries over the code. It's not cheap, though.

You can use ildasm and dump the assembly, then search the .il file for .cctor (not .ctor, use the extra c). Static constructors are implemented with .cctor methods.

ildasm program.exe /out=program.il 

Example:

.method private hidebysig specialname rtspecialname static void .cctor() cil managed { // Code size 13 (0xd) .maxstack 8 IL_0000: nop IL_0001: ldstr "Static constructor" IL_0006: call void [mscorlib]System.Console::WriteLine(string) IL_000b: nop IL_000c: ret } // end of method Animal::.cctor