No unread emails though Mail tells me there are...

Mail keeps telling me (via the icon on the dock) that I have unread emails. However, I don't.
Any suggestions on how to clear that number or ferret out the problem?
Thanks!

That's brilliant, and also so obvious, once you've done it. I'm kicking myself that I didn't think of that sooner, I've been sitting around with 6 unread emails for months like a proper fool.
I'd just like to add that using this method my "unread" emails showed up as not being in any mailbox and had no actual content to them hence not being able to find them in the inbox, or any custom mailbox.
Also this will show up all the unread RSS messages. You can weed these out by adding an extra rule in your smart mailbox about the mail type.

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