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<SEC-DOCUMENT>0001179110-08-010966.txt : 20080530
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<ACCEPTANCE-DATETIME>20080530173204
ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001179110-08-010966
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	4
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20080529
FILED AS OF DATE:		20080530
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20080530

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			HIRERIGHT INC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001168652
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	SERVICES-COMPUTER PROCESSING & DATA PREPARATION [7374]
		IRS NUMBER:				330465016

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		5151 CALIFORNIA AVENUE
		CITY:			IRVINE
		STATE:			CA
		ZIP:			92617
		BUSINESS PHONE:		949 428 5800

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		5151 CALIFORNIA AVENUE
		CITY:			IRVINE
		STATE:			CA
		ZIP:			92617

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			ALLEN RICHARD E
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001247582

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		4
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-33613
		FILM NUMBER:		08871798

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		BUSINESS PHONE:		3033344000

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		C/O J.D. EDWARDS & CO
		STREET 2:		ONE TECHNOLOGY WAY
		CITY:			DENVER
		STATE:			CO
		ZIP:			80237
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    <schemaVersion>X0202</schemaVersion>

    <documentType>4</documentType>

    <periodOfReport>2008-05-29</periodOfReport>

    <notSubjectToSection16>0</notSubjectToSection16>

    <issuer>
        <issuerCik>0001168652</issuerCik>
        <issuerName>HIRERIGHT INC</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>HIRE</issuerTradingSymbol>
    </issuer>

    <reportingOwner>
        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001247582</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>ALLEN RICHARD E</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>C/O HIRERIGHT, INC.</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2>5151 CALIFORNIA AVENUE</rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>IRVINE</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>CA</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>92617</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
        </reportingOwnerAddress>
        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isDirector>1</isDirector>
            <isOfficer>0</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>0</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>0</isOther>
            <officerTitle></officerTitle>
            <otherText></otherText>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

    <nonDerivativeTable></nonDerivativeTable>

    <derivativeTable>
        <derivativeTransaction>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Stock Option</value>
                <footnoteId id="F1"/>
            </securityTitle>
            <conversionOrExercisePrice>
                <value>10.25</value>
            </conversionOrExercisePrice>
            <transactionDate>
                <value>2008-05-29</value>
            </transactionDate>
            <transactionCoding>
                <transactionFormType>4</transactionFormType>
                <transactionCode>A</transactionCode>
                <equitySwapInvolved>0</equitySwapInvolved>
            </transactionCoding>
            <transactionAmounts>
                <transactionShares>
                    <value>3888</value>
                </transactionShares>
                <transactionPricePerShare>
                    <value>0</value>
                </transactionPricePerShare>
                <transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
                    <value>A</value>
                </transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
            </transactionAmounts>
            <exerciseDate>
                <value>2008-06-29</value>
                <footnoteId id="F2"/>
            </exerciseDate>
            <expirationDate>
                <value>2018-05-29</value>
            </expirationDate>
            <underlyingSecurity>
                <underlyingSecurityTitle>
                    <value>Common Stock</value>
                </underlyingSecurityTitle>
                <underlyingSecurityShares>
                    <value>3888</value>
                </underlyingSecurityShares>
            </underlyingSecurity>
            <postTransactionAmounts>
                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>3888</value>
                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
            </postTransactionAmounts>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>D</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </derivativeTransaction>
    </derivativeTable>

    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">Non-qualified stock option granted pursuant to Issuer's 2007 Long-Term Incentive Plan.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">This stock option vests and becomes exercisable in twelve equal monthly installments over a one year period measured from the grant date.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>/s/ Trygve M. Thoresen, as attorney-in-fact for Richard E. Allen</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2008-05-30</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
</ownershipDocument>
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