diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/build.rb b/Library/Homebrew/build.rb
index 1db5f8b290..303fd943a3 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/build.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/build.rb
@@ -139,7 +139,13 @@ class Build
 
       formula.update_head_version
 
-      formula.brew(fetch: false, keep_tmp: args.keep_tmp?, interactive: args.interactive?, debug: args.debug?) do
+      formula.brew(
+        fetch:       false,
+        keep_tmp:    args.keep_tmp?,
+        interactive: args.interactive?,
+        debug:       args.debug?,
+        verbose:     args.verbose?,
+      ) do
         # For head builds, HOMEBREW_FORMULA_PREFIX should include the commit,
         # which is not known until after the formula has been staged.
         ENV["HOMEBREW_FORMULA_PREFIX"] = formula.prefix
diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/cmd/fetch.rb b/Library/Homebrew/cmd/fetch.rb
index 93fb6ff6b9..2b14a2a0f7 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/cmd/fetch.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/cmd/fetch.rb
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ module Homebrew
     already_fetched = f.cached_download.exist?
 
     begin
-      download = f.fetch(verify_download_integrity: false)
+      download = f.fetch(verify_download_integrity: false, verbose: args.verbose?)
     rescue DownloadError
       retry if retry_fetch?(f, args: args)
       raise
@@ -144,6 +144,6 @@ module Homebrew
     puts "Downloaded to: #{download}" unless already_fetched
     puts Checksum::TYPES.map { |t| "#{t.to_s.upcase}: #{download.send(t)}" }
 
-    f.verify_download_integrity(download)
+    f.verify_download_integrity(download, verbose: args.verbose?)
   end
 end
diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/formula.rb b/Library/Homebrew/formula.rb
index c2d75a9aaf..03b7a5ec5c 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/formula.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/formula.rb
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ class Formula
   extend Enumerable
   extend Forwardable
   extend Cachable
+  extend Predicable
 
   # @!method inreplace(paths, before = nil, after = nil)
   # Actually implemented in {Utils::Inreplace.inreplace}.
@@ -1167,17 +1168,22 @@ class Formula
     patchlist.each(&:apply)
   end
 
+  # @private
+  attr_predicate :debug?, :verbose?
+
   # yields |self,staging| with current working directory set to the uncompressed tarball
   # where staging is a Mktemp staging context
   # @private
-  def brew(fetch: true, keep_tmp: false, interactive: false, debug: false)
+  def brew(fetch: true, keep_tmp: false, interactive: false, debug: false, verbose: false)
+    @debug = debug
+    @verbose = verbose
     @prefix_returns_versioned_prefix = true
     active_spec.fetch if fetch
     stage(interactive: interactive) do |staging|
       staging.retain! if keep_tmp
 
       prepare_patches
-      fetch_patches if fetch
+      fetch_patches(verbose: verbose) if fetch
 
       begin
         yield self, staging
@@ -1189,6 +1195,8 @@ class Formula
       end
     end
   ensure
+    @debug = nil
+    @verbose = nil
     @prefix_returns_versioned_prefix = false
   end
 
@@ -1793,17 +1801,19 @@ class Formula
   end
 
   # @private
-  def fetch(verify_download_integrity: true)
-    active_spec.fetch(verify_download_integrity: verify_download_integrity)
+  def fetch(verify_download_integrity: true, verbose: false)
+    active_spec.fetch(verify_download_integrity: verify_download_integrity, verbose: verbose)
   end
 
   # @private
-  def verify_download_integrity(fn)
-    active_spec.verify_download_integrity(fn)
+  def verify_download_integrity(fn, verbose: false)
+    active_spec.verify_download_integrity(fn, verbose: verbose)
   end
 
   # @private
-  def run_test(keep_tmp: false, debug: false)
+  def run_test(keep_tmp: false, debug: false, verbose: false)
+    @debug = debug
+    @verbose = verbose
     @prefix_returns_versioned_prefix = true
 
     test_env = {
@@ -1836,8 +1846,10 @@ class Formula
       end
     end
   ensure
-    @testpath = nil
+    @debug = nil
+    @verbose = nil
     @prefix_returns_versioned_prefix = false
+    @testpath = nil
   end
 
   # @private
@@ -1927,13 +1939,12 @@ class Formula
   # # If there is a "make", "install" available, please use it!
   # system "make", "install"</pre>
   def system(cmd, *args)
-    verbose = Homebrew.args.verbose?
     verbose_using_dots = Homebrew::EnvConfig.verbose_using_dots?
 
     # remove "boring" arguments so that the important ones are more likely to
     # be shown considering that we trim long ohai lines to the terminal width
     pretty_args = args.dup
-    unless verbose
+    unless verbose?
       case cmd
       when "./configure"
         pretty_args -= %w[--disable-dependency-tracking --disable-debug --disable-silent-rules]
@@ -1961,7 +1972,7 @@ class Formula
       log.puts Time.now, "", cmd, args, ""
       log.flush
 
-      if verbose
+      if verbose?
         rd, wr = IO.pipe
         begin
           pid = fork do
@@ -2004,7 +2015,7 @@ class Formula
         log_lines = Homebrew::EnvConfig.fail_log_lines
 
         log.flush
-        if !verbose || verbose_using_dots
+        if !verbose? || verbose_using_dots
           puts "Last #{log_lines} lines from #{logfn}:"
           Kernel.system "/usr/bin/tail", "-n", log_lines, logfn
         end
@@ -2092,8 +2103,10 @@ class Formula
     ENV.update(removed)
   end
 
-  def fetch_patches
-    patchlist.select(&:external?).each(&:fetch)
+  def fetch_patches(verbose: false)
+    patchlist.select(&:external?).each do |p|
+      p.fetch(verbose: verbose)
+    end
   end
 
   private
diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/formula_installer.rb b/Library/Homebrew/formula_installer.rb
index 8603dbfb89..b0a2c61888 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/formula_installer.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/formula_installer.rb
@@ -1027,8 +1027,10 @@ class FormulaInstaller
     end
     return if pour_bottle?
 
-    formula.fetch_patches
-    formula.resources.each(&:fetch)
+    formula.fetch_patches(verbose: verbose?)
+    formula.resources.each do |r|
+      r.fetch(verbose: verbose?)
+    end
     downloader.fetch
   end
 
diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/patch.rb b/Library/Homebrew/patch.rb
index f2a92a0616..009b34c672 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/patch.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/patch.rb
@@ -179,12 +179,12 @@ class LegacyPatch < ExternalPatch
     resource.download_strategy = CurlDownloadStrategy
   end
 
-  def fetch
+  def fetch(verbose: false)
     clear_cache
     super
   end
 
-  def verify_download_integrity(_fn)
+  def verify_download_integrity(_fn, verbose: false)
     # no-op
   end
 
diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/resource.rb b/Library/Homebrew/resource.rb
index 4b00e4ea3a..8d15dfb0c6 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/resource.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/resource.rb
@@ -74,9 +74,10 @@ class Resource
   def stage(target = nil, &block)
     raise ArgumentError, "target directory or block is required" if !target && block.blank?
 
+    verbose = owner.owner.verbose?
     prepare_patches
-    fetch_patches(skip_downloaded: true)
-    fetch unless downloaded?
+    fetch_patches(skip_downloaded: true, verbose: verbose)
+    fetch(verbose: owner.owner.verbose?) unless downloaded?
 
     unpack(target, &block)
   end
@@ -85,10 +86,12 @@ class Resource
     patches.grep(DATAPatch) { |p| p.path = owner.owner.path }
   end
 
-  def fetch_patches(skip_downloaded: false)
+  def fetch_patches(skip_downloaded: false, verbose: false)
     external_patches = patches.select(&:external?)
     external_patches.reject!(&:downloaded?) if skip_downloaded
-    external_patches.each(&:fetch)
+    external_patches.each do |p|
+      p.fetch(verbose: verbose)
+    end
   end
 
   def apply_patches
@@ -122,10 +125,10 @@ class Resource
     Partial.new(self, files)
   end
 
-  def fetch(verify_download_integrity: true)
+  def fetch(verify_download_integrity: true, verbose: false)
     HOMEBREW_CACHE.mkpath
 
-    fetch_patches
+    fetch_patches(verbose: verbose)
 
     begin
       downloader.fetch
@@ -134,13 +137,13 @@ class Resource
     end
 
     download = cached_download
-    verify_download_integrity(download) if verify_download_integrity
+    verify_download_integrity(download, verbose: verbose) if verify_download_integrity
     download
   end
 
-  def verify_download_integrity(fn)
+  def verify_download_integrity(fn, verbose: false)
     if fn.file?
-      ohai "Verifying #{fn.basename} checksum" if Homebrew.args.verbose?
+      ohai "Verifying #{fn.basename} checksum" if verbose
       fn.verify_checksum(checksum)
     end
   rescue ChecksumMissingError
diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/software_spec.rb b/Library/Homebrew/software_spec.rb
index 170b4e5d8f..f9a80f1e3e 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/software_spec.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/software_spec.rb
@@ -239,8 +239,8 @@ class HeadSoftwareSpec < SoftwareSpec
     @resource.version = Version.create("HEAD")
   end
 
-  def verify_download_integrity(_fn)
-    nil
+  def verify_download_integrity(_fn, verbose: false)
+    # no-op
   end
 end
 
diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/test.rb b/Library/Homebrew/test.rb
index dfc73862ef..9a3d4107b7 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/test.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/test.rb
@@ -34,7 +34,9 @@ begin
 
   # tests can also return false to indicate failure
   Timeout.timeout TEST_TIMEOUT_SECONDS do
-    raise "test returned false" if formula.run_test(keep_tmp: args.keep_tmp?, debug: args.debug?) == false
+    if formula.run_test(keep_tmp: args.keep_tmp?, debug: args.debug?, verbose: args.verbose?) == false
+      raise "test returned false"
+    end
   end
 rescue Exception => e # rubocop:disable Lint/RescueException
   error_pipe.puts e.to_json