  The search for Galactic pevatrons is now a well-identified key science
project of all instruments operating in the very-high-energy domain. Indeed, in
this energy range, the detection of gamma rays clearly indicates that efficient
particle acceleration is taking place, and observations can thus help identify
which astrophysical sources can energize particles up to the $\sim$PeV range,
thus being $pevatrons$. In the search for the origin of Galactic cosmic rays
(CRs), the PeV range is an important milestone, since the sources of Galactic
CRs are expected to accelerate PeV particles. This is how the central
scientific goal that is 'solving the mystery of the origin of CRs' has often
been distorted into 'finding (a) pevatron(s)'. Since supernova remnants (SNRs)
are often cited as the most likely candidates for the origin of CRs, 'finding
(a) pevatron(s)' has often become 'confirming that SNRs are pevatrons'.
Pleasingly, the first detection(s) of pevatron(s) were not associated to SNRs.
Moreover, all clearly detected SNRs have yet revealed to not be pevatrons, and
the detection from VHE gamma rays from regions unassociated with SNRs, are
reminding us that other astrophysical sites might well be pevatrons. This short
review aims at highlighting a few important results on the search for Galactic
pevatrons.
