I use consult-ripgrep to do the search, which shows me a live preview of the match candidates. If I want to make a buffer with all the results, I call embark-act then embark-export to dump the results into a buffer.

I detail this workflow (including editing the matches!) here on my blog, which should have more details if you’re lost.

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Using M-x grep RET with ripgrep:

;; ripgrep as grep
(setq grep-command "rg -nS --no-heading "
      grep-use-null-device nil)

Then M-g n or M-g p for the next/previous match. With (repeat-mode) consequent next/previous are just n and p.

https://asciinema.org/a/YuUtg8nswgaiBxrIm9drTXAtD

my solution: switch to any non-ripgrep buffer and navigate with next-error

   (defun bss/next-error-in-same-window ()
     (interactive)
     (let ((display-buffer-overriding-action '(display-buffer-same-window (inhibit-same-window . nil)))) (next-error)))
   (defun bss/previous-error-in-same-window ()
     (interactive)
     (let ((display-buffer-overriding-action '(display-buffer-same-window (inhibit-same-window . nil)))) (previous-error)))
   (global-set-key (kbd "s-[") 'bss/previous-error-in-same-window)
   (global-set-key (kbd "s-]") 'bss/next-error-in-same-window)

I’m all about counsel or consult ripgrep, but deadgrep should get honorable mention too.

Also try C-x p g for a similar UI.

Customize xref-search-program to make it use ripgrep under the covers.

I have a shortcut for ivy-occur in the search result to make it into a proper buffer. With [g] I can refresh the search