diff --git a/packages/utils/src/string.ts b/packages/utils/src/string.ts
index 6178cbc14bd4..90b76b6f4621 100644
--- a/packages/utils/src/string.ts
+++ b/packages/utils/src/string.ts
@@ -110,6 +110,24 @@ export function isMatchingPattern(
   return false;
 }
 
+/**
+ * Test the given string against an array of strings and regexes. By default, string matching is done on a
+ * substring-inclusion basis rather than a strict equality basis
+ *
+ * @param testString The string to test
+ * @param patterns The patterns against which to test the string
+ * @param requireExactStringMatch If true, `testString` must match one of the given string patterns exactly in order to
+ * count. If false, `testString` will match a string pattern if it contains that pattern.
+ * @returns
+ */
+export function stringMatchesSomePattern(
+  testString: string,
+  patterns: Array<string | RegExp> = [],
+  requireExactStringMatch: boolean = false,
+): boolean {
+  return patterns.some(pattern => isMatchingPattern(testString, pattern, requireExactStringMatch));
+}
+
 /**
  * Given a string, escape characters which have meaning in the regex grammar, such that the result is safe to feed to
  * `new RegExp()`.
diff --git a/packages/utils/test/string.test.ts b/packages/utils/test/string.test.ts
index a0971109de6d..bb49a7833a11 100644
--- a/packages/utils/test/string.test.ts
+++ b/packages/utils/test/string.test.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { isMatchingPattern, truncate } from '../src/string';
+import { isMatchingPattern, stringMatchesSomePattern, truncate } from '../src/string';
 
 describe('truncate()', () => {
   test('it works as expected', () => {
@@ -63,3 +63,48 @@ describe('isMatchingPattern()', () => {
     expect(isMatchingPattern([] as any, 'foo')).toEqual(false);
   });
 });
+
+describe('stringMatchesSomePattern()', () => {
+  test('match using string substring if `requireExactStringMatch` not given', () => {
+    expect(stringMatchesSomePattern('foobar', ['foobar', 'nope'])).toEqual(true);
+    expect(stringMatchesSomePattern('foobar', ['foo', 'nope'])).toEqual(true);
+    expect(stringMatchesSomePattern('foobar', ['baz', 'nope'])).toEqual(false);
+  });
+
+  test('match using string substring if `requireExactStringMatch` is `false`', () => {
+    expect(stringMatchesSomePattern('foobar', ['foobar', 'nope'], false)).toEqual(true);
+    expect(stringMatchesSomePattern('foobar', ['foo', 'nope'], false)).toEqual(true);
+    expect(stringMatchesSomePattern('foobar', ['baz', 'nope'], false)).toEqual(false);
+  });
+
+  test('match using exact string match if `requireExactStringMatch` is `true`', () => {
+    expect(stringMatchesSomePattern('foobar', ['foobar', 'nope'], true)).toEqual(true);
+    expect(stringMatchesSomePattern('foobar', ['foo', 'nope'], true)).toEqual(false);
+    expect(stringMatchesSomePattern('foobar', ['baz', 'nope'], true)).toEqual(false);
+  });
+
+  test('matches when `testString` constains a pattern but not vice-versa', () => {
+    expect(stringMatchesSomePattern('foobar', ['foo', 'nope'])).toEqual(true);
+    expect(stringMatchesSomePattern('foobar', ['foobarbaz', 'nope'])).toEqual(false);
+  });
+
+  test('match using regexp test', () => {
+    expect(stringMatchesSomePattern('foobar', [/^foo/, 'nope'])).toEqual(true);
+    expect(stringMatchesSomePattern('foobar', [/foo/, 'nope'])).toEqual(true);
+    expect(stringMatchesSomePattern('foobar', [/b.{1}r/, 'nope'])).toEqual(true);
+    expect(stringMatchesSomePattern('foobar', [/^foo$/, 'nope'])).toEqual(false);
+  });
+
+  test('should match empty pattern as true', () => {
+    expect(stringMatchesSomePattern('foo', ['', 'nope'])).toEqual(true);
+    expect(stringMatchesSomePattern('bar', ['', 'nope'])).toEqual(true);
+    expect(stringMatchesSomePattern('', ['', 'nope'])).toEqual(true);
+  });
+
+  test('should bail out with false when given non-string value', () => {
+    expect(stringMatchesSomePattern(null as any, ['foo', 'nope'])).toEqual(false);
+    expect(stringMatchesSomePattern(undefined as any, ['foo', 'nope'])).toEqual(false);
+    expect(stringMatchesSomePattern({} as any, ['foo', 'nope'])).toEqual(false);
+    expect(stringMatchesSomePattern([] as any, ['foo', 'nope'])).toEqual(false);
+  });
+});