Highlight search pattern without moving cursor

Question

In vim, is it possible to highlight a search pattern without moving the cursor?

For example, if I want to find m_depthTable I could do:

/m_depthTable

and that will highlight all instances of m_depthTable, but it will also move to the next occurance.

I want to highlight without moving. Possible?

Answer 1

You could do a substitute command with the n flag. This won't move the cursor or do the substitute.

:s/pattern//n

Answer 2

just

/pattern<enter>

then press ``