diff --git a/bigquery_etl/cli/__init__.py b/bigquery_etl/cli/__init__.py
index 965e4342eb..04b86dcb1b 100644
--- a/bigquery_etl/cli/__init__.py
+++ b/bigquery_etl/cli/__init__.py
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ from .._version import __version__
 # We rename the import, otherwise it affects monkeypatching in tests
 from ..cli.alchemer import alchemer as alchemer_
 from ..cli.backfill import backfill
+from ..cli.check import check
 from ..cli.dag import dag
 from ..cli.dryrun import dryrun
 from ..cli.format import format
@@ -48,6 +49,7 @@ def cli(prog_name=None):
         "copy_deduplicate": copy_deduplicate,
         "stage": stage,
         "backfill": backfill,
+        "check": check,
     }
 
     @click.group(commands=commands)
diff --git a/bigquery_etl/cli/check.py b/bigquery_etl/cli/check.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..bbe1167acb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bigquery_etl/cli/check.py
@@ -0,0 +1,146 @@
+"""bigquery-etl CLI check command."""
+import re
+import subprocess
+import sys
+import tempfile
+from subprocess import CalledProcessError
+
+import click
+
+from ..cli.utils import (
+    is_authenticated,
+    paths_matching_checks_pattern,
+    project_id_option,
+    sql_dir_option,
+)
+from ..util.common import render as render_template
+
+
+def _build_jinja_parameters(query_args):
+    """Convert the bqetl parameters to a dictionary for use by the Jinja template."""
+    parameters = {}
+    for query_arg in query_args:
+        param_and_value = query_arg.split("=")
+        if len(param_and_value) == 2:
+            # e.g. --parameter=download_date:DATE:2023-05-28
+            # the dict result is {"download_date": "2023-05-28"}
+            bq_parameter = param_and_value[1].split(":")
+            if len(bq_parameter) == 3:
+                if re.match(r"^\w+$", bq_parameter[0]):
+                    parameters[bq_parameter[0]] = bq_parameter[2]
+            else:
+                # e.g. --project_id=moz-fx-data-marketing-prod
+                # the dict result is {"project_id": "moz-fx-data-marketing-prod"}
+                if param_and_value[0].startswith("--"):
+                    parameters[param_and_value[0].strip("--")] = param_and_value[1]
+        else:
+            print(f"parameter {query_arg} will not be used to render Jinja template.")
+    return parameters
+
+
+def _parse_check_output(output: str) -> str:
+    output = output.replace("\n", " ")
+    if "ETL Data Check Failed:" in output:
+        return f"ETL Data Check Failed:{output.split('ETL Data Check Failed:')[1]}"
+    return output
+
+
+@click.group(
+    help="""
+        Commands for managing data checks.
+        \b
+
+        UNDER ACTIVE DEVELOPMENT See https://mozilla-hub.atlassian.net/browse/DENG-919
+        """
+)
+@click.pass_context
+def check(ctx):
+    """Create the CLI group for the check command."""
+    # create temporary directory generated content is written to
+    # the directory will be deleted automatically after the command exits
+    ctx.ensure_object(dict)
+    ctx.obj["TMP_DIR"] = ctx.with_resource(tempfile.TemporaryDirectory())
+
+
+@check.command(
+    help="""
+    Run ETL checks.
+s    \b
+
+    Example:
+     ./bqetl check run ga_derived.downloads_with_attribution_v2 --parameter=download_date:DATE:2023-05-01
+    """,
+    context_settings=dict(
+        ignore_unknown_options=True,
+        allow_extra_args=True,
+    ),
+)
+@click.argument("name")
+@project_id_option()
+@sql_dir_option
+@click.pass_context
+def run(ctx, name, project_id, sql_dir):
+    """Run a check."""
+    if not is_authenticated():
+        click.echo(
+            "Authentication to GCP required. Run `gcloud auth login` "
+            "and check that the project is set correctly."
+        )
+        sys.exit(1)
+
+    checks_file, project_id, dataset_id, table = paths_matching_checks_pattern(
+        name, sql_dir, project_id=project_id
+    )
+
+    _run_check(
+        checks_file,
+        project_id,
+        dataset_id,
+        table,
+        ctx.args,
+    )
+
+
+def _run_check(
+    checks_file,
+    project_id,
+    dataset_id,
+    table,
+    query_arguments,
+):
+    """Run the check."""
+    if checks_file is None:
+        return
+
+    query_arguments.append("--use_legacy_sql=false")
+    if project_id is not None:
+        query_arguments.append(f"--project_id={project_id}")
+
+    # Convert all the Airflow params to jinja usable dict.
+    parameters = _build_jinja_parameters(query_arguments)
+
+    jinja_params = {
+        **{"dataset_id": dataset_id, "table_name": table},
+        **parameters,
+    }
+
+    with tempfile.NamedTemporaryFile(mode="w+") as query_stream:
+        query_stream.write(
+            render_template(
+                checks_file.name,
+                template_folder=str(checks_file.parent),
+                templates_dir="",
+                format=False,
+                **jinja_params,
+            )
+        )
+        query_stream.seek(0)
+
+        # run the query as shell command so that passed parameters can be used as is
+        try:
+            subprocess.check_output(
+                ["bq", "query"] + query_arguments, stdin=query_stream, encoding="UTF-8"
+            )
+        except CalledProcessError as e:
+            print(_parse_check_output(e.output))
+            sys.exit(1)
diff --git a/bigquery_etl/cli/query.py b/bigquery_etl/cli/query.py
index 505540d968..be10bce20f 100644
--- a/bigquery_etl/cli/query.py
+++ b/bigquery_etl/cli/query.py
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 """bigquery-etl CLI query command."""
 
 import copy
+import datetime
 import logging
 import os
 import re
@@ -1273,6 +1274,40 @@ def render(name, sql_dir, output_dir):
             click.echo(rendered_sql)
 
 
+def _parse_partition_setting(partition_date):
+    params = partition_date.split(":")
+    if len(params) != 3:
+        return None
+
+    # Check date format
+    try:
+        datetime.datetime.strptime(params[2], "%Y-%m-%d").date()
+    except ValueError:
+        return None
+
+    # Check column name
+    if re.match(r"^\w+$", params[0]):
+        return {params[0]: params[2]}
+
+
+def _validate_partition_date(ctx, param, partition_date):
+    """Process the CLI parameter check_date and set the parameter for BigQuery."""
+    # Will be None if launched from Airflow.  Also ctx.args is not populated at this stage.
+    if partition_date:
+        parsed = _parse_partition_setting(partition_date)
+        if parsed is None:
+            raise click.BadParameter("Format must be <column-name>::<yyyy-mm-dd>")
+        return parsed
+    return None
+
+
+def _parse_check_output(output: str) -> str:
+    output = output.replace("\n", " ")
+    if "ETL Data Check Failed:" in output:
+        return f"ETL Data Check Failed:{output.split('ETL Data Check Failed:')[1]}"
+    return output
+
+
 @query.group(help="Commands for managing query schemas.")
 def schema():
     """Create the CLI group for the query schema command."""
diff --git a/bigquery_etl/cli/utils.py b/bigquery_etl/cli/utils.py
index 78d76ff1e1..5b8c6d6e09 100644
--- a/bigquery_etl/cli/utils.py
+++ b/bigquery_etl/cli/utils.py
@@ -17,6 +17,10 @@ QUERY_FILE_RE = re.compile(
     r"^.*/([a-zA-Z0-9-]+)/([a-zA-Z0-9_]+)/([a-zA-Z0-9_]+(_v[0-9]+)?)/"
     r"(?:query\.sql|part1\.sql|script\.sql|query\.py|view\.sql|metadata\.yaml|backfill\.yaml)$"
 )
+CHECKS_FILE_RE = re.compile(
+    r"^.*/([a-zA-Z0-9-]+)/([a-zA-Z0-9_]+)/([a-zA-Z0-9_]+(_v[0-9]+)?)/"
+    r"(?:checks\.sql)$"
+)
 QUALIFIED_TABLE_NAME_RE = re.compile(
     r"(?P<project_id>[a-zA-z0-9_-]+)\.(?P<dataset_id>[a-zA-z0-9_-]+)\.(?P<table_id>[a-zA-z0-9_-]+)"
 )
@@ -83,7 +87,27 @@ def table_matches_patterns(pattern, invert, table):
     return matching != invert
 
 
-def paths_matching_name_pattern(pattern, sql_path, project_id, files=["*.sql"]):
+def paths_matching_checks_pattern(pattern, sql_path, project_id):
+    """Return single path to checks.sql matching the name pattern."""
+    checks_files = paths_matching_name_pattern(
+        pattern, sql_path, project_id, ["checks.sql"], CHECKS_FILE_RE
+    )
+
+    if len(checks_files) == 1:
+        match = CHECKS_FILE_RE.match(str(checks_files[0]))
+        if match:
+            project = match.group(1)
+            dataset = match.group(2)
+            table = match.group(3)
+        return checks_files[0], project, dataset, table
+    else:
+        print(f"No checks.sql file found in {sql_path}/{project_id}/{pattern}")
+        return None, None, None, None
+
+
+def paths_matching_name_pattern(
+    pattern, sql_path, project_id, files=["*.sql"], file_regex=QUERY_FILE_RE
+):
     """Return paths to queries matching the name pattern."""
     matching_files = []
 
@@ -107,7 +131,7 @@ def paths_matching_name_pattern(pattern, sql_path, project_id, files=["*.sql"]):
             all_matching_files.extend(Path(sql_path).rglob(file))
 
         for query_file in all_matching_files:
-            match = QUERY_FILE_RE.match(str(query_file))
+            match = file_regex.match(str(query_file))
             if match:
                 project = match.group(1)
                 dataset = match.group(2)
diff --git a/sql/moz-fx-data-marketing-prod/ga_derived/downloads_with_attribution_v2/checks.sql b/sql/moz-fx-data-marketing-prod/ga_derived/downloads_with_attribution_v2/checks.sql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ccb2958954
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sql/moz-fx-data-marketing-prod/ga_derived/downloads_with_attribution_v2/checks.sql
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+ASSERT((SELECT COUNT(*) FROM `{{project_id}}.{{dataset_id}}.{{table_name}}` WHERE download_date = @download_date) > 250000)
+AS 'ETL Data Check Failed: Table {{project_id}}.{{dataset_id}}.{{table_name}} contains less than 250,000 rows for date: {{ download_date }}.'
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tests/cli/test_cli_check.py b/tests/cli/test_cli_check.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..22eef0e401
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/cli/test_cli_check.py
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+import pytest
+from click.testing import CliRunner
+
+from bigquery_etl.cli.check import _build_jinja_parameters, _parse_check_output
+
+
+class TestCheck:
+    @pytest.fixture
+    def runner(self):
+        return CliRunner()
+
+    def test_parse_check_output(self):
+        expected = "ETL Data Check Failed: a check failed"
+        assert _parse_check_output(expected) == expected
+
+        test2 = "remove prepended text ETL Data Check Failed: a check failed"
+        assert _parse_check_output(test2) == expected
+
+        test3 = "no match for text Data Check Failed: a check failed"
+        assert _parse_check_output(test3) == test3
+
+    def test_build_jinja_parameters(self):
+        test = [
+            "--parameter=submission_date::2023-06-01",
+            "--parameter=id::asdf",
+            "--use_legacy_sql=false",
+            "--project_id=moz-fx-data-marketing-prod",
+            "--debug",
+        ]
+        expected = {
+            "submission_date": "2023-06-01",
+            "id": "asdf",
+            "use_legacy_sql": "false",
+            "project_id": "moz-fx-data-marketing-prod",
+        }
+        assert _build_jinja_parameters(test) == expected