Abap code inspector (tx : SCI) to detect certain patterns

Hello Experts,
I want to use SAP Code Inspector to detect common problematic ABAP codes for all developed programs.
But, I don't know how to make the check variant for detecting follwoing three patterns.
SELECT * FROM
SELECT * INTO
SELECT SINGLE * INTO
I guess I can use "Search for ABAP tokens" or "Search for ABAP statements paterns". But, It did'nt work because ' * ' represents any sequence of characters in the code inspector.
Anyone can help me?

I managed to set up the variant, however found a problem.
I used "Search ABAP Statement Patterns" under "Search Functs" and set the pattern like followings.
SELECT + INTO *
SELECT SINGLE + INTO *
However following statements were detected.
SELECT * INTO TABLE IT_DRAW FROM DRAW.
SELECT MANDT INTO TABLE IT_DRAW FROM DRAW.
SELECT SINGLE * INTO TABLE IT_DRAW FROM DRAW.
SELECT SINGLE MANDT INTO TABLE IT_DRAW FROM DRAW.
It's because + means one ABAP token in the code inspector.
Is there anyway to find only "SELECT SINGLE *" and "SELECT *" ?

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